2023-08-10: News Headlines

ecns.cn (2023-08-10). China urges U.S. to immediately remove investment curbs, vows 'necessary' countermeasures. ecns.cn The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday blasted the U.S.' investment restrictions in China as "economic coercion" and "tech bullying," urging Washington to immediately withdraw its wrong decision while vowing to firmly safeguard the country's rights and interests.

teleSUR (2023-08-10). The Caribbean Strengthens in Response to Extreme Weather Events. telesurenglish.net According to a new report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), temperatures in the region have risen by an average of 0.2 °C per decade over the past 30 years, the highest rate ever recorded. This increase has triggered a series of extreme events that have seriously affected the region's population and economy. | Rising sea levels and warming oceans pose increasing risks to livelihoods, ecosystems and coastal economies. Aug. 10, 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-08-10). China has right to take measures as U.S. restricts tech investment. ecns.cn China is seriously concerned and reserves the right to take measures in response to U.S. President Joe Biden signing an executive order on Wednesday that blocks and regulates high-tech U.S.-based investments going toward China.

ecns.cn (2023-08-10). U.S. tech-investment curbs seen hurting business, ties. ecns.cn The order authorizes the U.S. Treasury Department to regulate the flow of certain U.S. investments and expertise into three sectors: semiconductors and microelectronics, quantum computing and artificial intelligence.

infobrics (2023-08-10). S Africa Keen on Collaborating with BRICS Partners in Vaccine Manufacturing. infobrics.org South Africa is keen on strengthening collaboration with BRICS nations in the field of vaccine manufacturing, the hydrogen economy as well as the marine sciences, a minister said…

infobrics (2023-08-10). BRICS Summit 2023: The Quest for a New World Order. infobrics.org The BRICS have emerged as a powerful alliance of emerging-market economies over the course of the 21st century. Comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa as their acronym alludes to, the group has increasingly become the bricks and mortar which supports the global economy…

WSWS (2023-08-10). Chinese exports slump amid global downturn and US trade war. wsws.org China's economic slowdown is not just the result of low global growth and faltering global trade but of the US economic warfare aimed at undermining the Chinese economy and in particular crippling its hi-tech industries.

Ben Norton (2023-08-10). US pressures Saudi Arabia to sell oil in dollars, not Chinese yuan, amid Israel negotiations. geopoliticaleconomy.com As part of negotiations for Saudi Arabia to recognize Israel, the United States is demanding that Riyadh keep pricing its oil in dollars, not China's renminbi or other currencies.

Prof. Joseph H. Chung (2023-08-09). U.S. War Crimes and the Political Economy of the North Korean Nuclear Crisis: Who Is Responsible? Why? globalresearch.ca

Walter Smolarek (2023-08-10). Aug. 14 in NYC: Rally To Demand BlackRock Cancel Zambia's Debt. answercoalition.org Join the ANSWER Coalition and The People's Forum on Monday, Aug. 14 at Bella Abzug Park (542 W 36th St): | Today, debt is one of the major tools that big corporations and US-led multinational financial institutions, like the IMF and World Bank, use to keep poorer countries beholden to Western economic and political interests. | Right now, Zambia is facing a severe debt crisis. In 2021, Zambia was spending over 50% of its national income on just servicing its external public debt. That's money being diverted from funding social services, the construction of key infrastructure like roads and hospitals, p…

Ricardo Mimbela (2023-08-10). Visualizing the Racial Wealth Gap. aclu.org Systemic inequities and barriers keep people of color from achieving economic security through employment, education, and homeownership, resulting in racial disparities in wealth and income. These disparities are the consequence of ongoing discrimination, structural inequality, and biases across our institutions. They continue to emerge in new forms of technology — including artificial intelligence and algorithmic risk assessment tools — that influence nearly every facet of life. The confluence of these inequities has created a massive, persistent racial wealth gap in the United States. | Here are…

Staff (2023-08-10). Niger Crisis: African workers reject military intervention, call for dialogue. wibailoutpeople.org The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) has advised the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to resort to dialogue in resolving the political impasse in Niger. | It said it was imperative that the regional bloc reversed its earlier course of using the military to intervene in the crisis. | Such an action would degenerate into violent hostilities, it…

ecns.cn (2023-08-10). ASEAN envoys call for closer ties with China. ecns.cn Envoys from countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have called for enhancing China-ASEAN cooperation amid complex changes in the global political and economic landscape, and emphasized the need to resolve disputes through dialogue and consultation.

Tamanisha J. John, Council on Hemispheric Affairs. (2023-08-10). US Moves To Curtail China's Economic Investment In The Caribbean. popularresistance.org Toronto, Ont. – On March 8, 2023, General Laura J. Richardson of the United States Southern Command gave testimony at a congressional hearing wherein she issued a warning to U.S. lawmakers about the expansion of Chinese influence in the Caribbean that were at odds with purported U.S. interests in the region. Richardson advised policy makers in the U.S. to "pay more attention" to the Caribbean (and Central and South America) because "proximity matters." To raise the issue to a level of "threat" for U.S. policymakers, Richardson claimed that China had "increased its support for anti-U.S. regimes in the region" of w…

The Black Alliance for Peace. (2023-08-10). All Africans Should Condemn Call For ECOWAS-Led Military Invasion Of Niger. popularresistance.org The Africa Team of the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) and the U.S. Out of Africa Network (USOAN) condemn the threats of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to lead a military intervention into Niger. We believe this would be an act of subservience to U.S./EU/NATO interests. As Western imperialism seems to be losing its neo-colonialist grip on Africa, it is trying to expand its use of puppets and proxies to undermine resistance. | The military coup in Niger on July 26 deposed President Mohamed Bazoum and installed General Abdourahamane Tchiani as the country's new leader.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-08-10). US Officials Making Secretive Trips to South Yemen to Plunder Resources: Analyst. orinocotribune.com Secretive and suspicious visits by American diplomats and military commanders to southern Yemen are part of the economic war on the Arab country and to plunder its rich natural resources, says a Yemeni analyst. | Ali Azzehri, a journalist and analyst based in Yemen, in an interview with the Press TV website, said visits by American officials have increased dramatically in recent months. | "These consecutive trips to the occupied areas in southern Yemen are part of the massive aggression on Yemen, which is mainly aimed at plundering its wealth through the fake regime imposed on southern Yemen by hostile foreign in…

Editor (2023-08-10). Burkina Faso & Mali vow to defend Niger's new leadership with force. mronline.org Burkina Faso and Mali have declared their willingness to defend Niger with armed force if France, Nigeria, or ECOWAS (the Economic Community of West African States) were to intervene in Niger following the recent change of power.

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-10). Why Russia's Long-Term Economic Future Might Be Stunningly Bright. theduran.com

Dave DeCamp (2023-08-09). Niger Junta Accuses France of Violating Airspace, Freeing 'Terrorists'. news.antiwar.com Niger's ruling Junta on Wednesday accused France of violating Niger's airspace and freeing "terrorists" as tensions continue to rise in West Africa after the ousting of Nigerien President Mahamoud Bazoum. The coup leaders shut down Niger's airspace on Sunday to prepare for potential military intervention, as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-08-09). Ibrahim Yero: "'They Cannot Frighten the People of Niger'" libya360.wordpress.com Kivanc Ozdal General Abdurahman Ciyani, Chairman of the National Council for the Protection of the Homeland and Commander of the Presidential Guard Regiment in Niger, has announced that the President of the country, Muhammed Bazum was overthrown and the Constitution suspended due to the socio-economic crisis in the country. Following the events, the people hung…

Janna Corredor, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-08-09). Venezuela Proposes Joint Task Force For Amazon Rainforest Recovery. popularresistance.org Venezuela has proposed actions that unite economic and sustainable development to restore the vital regeneration of the Amazon rainforest, to be accomplished with the support and union of all South American countries, according to vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, speaking at the Fourth Amazon Summit 2023, taking place in the city of Belém, Brazil. | "We are called to coordination and union," Rodríguez stated this Tuesday, August 8, during a presentation at the summit. "Surely, unity is the work that binds us for vital regeneration.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-08-09). Anti-Imperialist Committee Holds 'Hearing' on Venezuela Sanctions and Impact. orinocotribune.com The tribunal heard from experts and activists before issuing a statement that "unequivocally denounce[d] the US imperialist hybrid war" on Venezuela. | The International People's The tribunal, which focuses on "sanctions, blockades and economic coercive measures," brought a 14-person delegation to the Caribbean country. The team featured academics, lawyers and activists, including representatives from the National Lawyers Guild…

Staff (2023-08-09). Fourth Amazon Summit: Venezuela Proposes Joint Task Force for Amazon Rainforest Recovery. orinocotribune.com Venezuela has proposed actions that unite economic and sustainable development to restore the vital regeneration of the Amazon rainforest, to be accomplished with the support and union of all South American countries, according to vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, speaking at the Fourth Amazon Summit 2023, taking place in the city of Belém, Brazil. | "We are called to coordination and union," Rodríguez stated this Tuesday, August 8, during a presentation at the summit. "Surely, unity is the work that binds us for vital regeneration. We have the responsibility of life itself; that is why Venezuela's me…

WSWS (2023-08-09). Chinese deflation and economic slowdown brings political clampdown. wsws.org It has been reported that Chinese authorities are putting pressure on economists and others to avoid commentary on negative economic developments which are growing by the day.

David Trimmer (2023-08-10). The End Child Poverty Act Would Dramatically Reduce Poverty. peoplespolicyproject.org In April of this year, the

WSWS (2023-08-10). Reject GEO/AFT push to impose U-M contract ultimatum! Mobilize campus workers, students, teachers against strikebreaking and poverty wages! wsws.org The grad student instructors have waged a courageous struggle and can defeat the strikebreaking of the university and its corporate and government backers. This requires the development of a rank-and-file committee independent of the AFT apparatus and its agents in the GEO leadership.

Editor (2023-08-09). Another Chance to Reduce Child Poverty. scheerpost.com

Stephen Janis, Taya Graham (2023-08-10). How 'urban renewal' went from a vision for public good to a private enrichment scheme. therealnews.com America's numerous struggling cities face the unenviable task of addressing crumbling physical and social infrastructure, housing and affordability crises, and unemployment on shoestring budgets (after you account for the massive slices handed to police) and public debt. In the age of neoliberalism, the solution is all too often to turn to the private sector—which usually only results in an upward transfer of public wealth into private hands without substantial improvement to the problems at hand. Urban development, particularly in a city like Baltimore, is especially egregious in this regard. But it…

Anonymous (2023-08-10). Erika Endrijonas Legal Mess Lands In Federal Court. indybay.org Erika Endrijonas may have taken the helm of Santa Barbara City College, but the legal mess she created at Los Angeles Valley College is headed for Federal Court. Local News Black-outs may assuage egos, but they don't serve the community and low-income students.

WSWS (2023-08-09). UK Tory government launches fascistic campaign against asylum seekers. wsws.org The Labour Party has already declared that in government they would keep the barges as detention centres and other anti-immigration infrastructure of the Tories.

WSWS (2023-08-09). UK "warehousing people" in overcrowded, unsafe prisons. wsws.org Labour's Shadow Justice Secretary Steve Reed criticised the Conservative government from the right, pledging, "Labour is the party of law and order. In Government it will get on and deliver the prison places we need to ensure that dangerous criminals are where they belong—behind bars."

Teddy Ostrow (2023-08-10). Teamsters organizing delivers the goods at UPS. therealnews.com UPS Teamsters nationwide are voting on the tentative agreement for the largest private-sector labor contract in the United States. The vote will end on August 22. A majority decision will determine whether the contract is ratified, or the national negotiating committee will return to the bargaining table and potentially call a strike.

Labor Video Project (2023-08-10). No Robo Taxis In San Francico! Labor & Public Rally At Newsom Controlled CPUC. indybay.org

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2023-08-10). Which class should control Artificial Intelligence: the workers or the bosses? indybay.org Working people should control and run AI for the benefit of workers and the public. In order to do that they need the unions to break from the Democrats and build a mass democratic workers party that will stop this capitalist madness for profits and destruction of workers jobs.

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2023-08-10). Thursday 8/10: Stop The Robo Taxis/Disney Dystopia & Newsom Democratic Party Corruption At CPUC. indybay.org California Public Utility Commission | 505 Van Ness/McAllister | San Francisco…

Staff (2023-08-10). We Rise Fighting! Labor Podcast Episode 50 — Teamsters Local 662, Actions and Writers Strikes, Protesting the RNC and Much More! wibailoutpeople.org

San José May Day Coalition (2023-08-10). Thursday 8/31: Reclaiming the Militant Legacy of Labor Day. indybay.org Join Zoom meeting: | us02web.zoom.us/j/81040660090

WSWS (2023-08-10). Australian workers call for strikes at highest rate in five years. wsws.org The growing strike vote reflects mounting opposition among broad sections of the working class to deepening real wage cuts. But Labor, the unions and the industrial courts are employing increasingly anti-democratic measures to shut down workers' struggles.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-08-10). Russia-Africa Summit opens new phase of cooperation. plenglish.com Addis Ababa, Aug 10 (Prensa Latina) The 2nd Russia-Africa Summit opened a new phase of cooperation and expressed Moscow's desire to collaborate with Africa in fields such as trade, peace and security, an official source said on Thursday.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-08-10). Science Saturday: Progressive alliance advances science through patient-powered research. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Harnessing the power of patients' lived experiences and their biospecimen data, a unique relationship between a nonprofit patient advocacy group called The MOG Project, a team of Mayo Clinic neurologists, and the Autoimmune Neurology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic has created a synergetic bridge that's advancing the science behind a devastating neurological illness. Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease, or MOGAD, is a rare, central nervous system demyelinating disorder that can render an individual blind, paralyzed, or comatose….

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-08-10). Mayo Clinic provides internships, mentoring for undergrads on accelerated career pathway. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org By Jay Furst ROCHESTER, Minn. — Akhil Kollengode is a University of Minnesota Rochester (UMR) student who aims to be a project manager or operations manager in healthcare when he graduates. Thanks to an innovative collaboration between Mayo Clinic and UMR, he's on a fast track to achieving that. Kollengode is a paid intern at Mayo Clinic as part of the Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences degree program at UMR. The internship is a…

Paul Craig Roberts (2023-08-10). White Liberals' Promotion of "White Racism" Has Caused Black Legislators to Abandon Belief in the 14th Amendment. thealtworld.com Reginald Jones-Sawyer has a bill in the California legislature that has passed in the House. If it passes in the Senate, the new law will require judges to sentence according to race in order to rectify white racial bias and reduce the alleged disparate impact of the legal system on blacks. In other words, blacks would be given less of a sentence than whites for the same crimes in order to rectify blacks being captured by other blacks in African slave wars and sold to European slave traders who brought them to the New World as a labor force long prior to the existence of the United States. | This is called rectif…

Laura Capote (2023-08-09). Gustavo Petro's first year: Social and environmental justice and regional integration. peoplesdispatch.org Petro's inaugural year was characterized by guaranteeing free higher education, agrarian reform, reopening of relations with Venezuela, and an attempt to reform health care, labor regulations, and pensions…

Brett Murphy (2023-08-10). Beyond Harlan Crow, Other Billionaires Funded Justice Thomas's Luxury Vacations. truthout.org During his three decades on the Supreme Court, Clarence Thomas has enjoyed steady access to a lifestyle most Americans can only imagine. A cadre of industry titans and ultrawealthy executives have treated him to far-flung vacations aboard their yachts, ushered him into the premium suites at sporting events and sent their private jets to fetch him — including, on more than one occasion… |

Brett Murphy, Alex Mierjeski (2023-08-10). Clarence Thomas' 38 vacations: The other billionaires who have treated the Supreme Court Justice to luxury travel. nationofchange.org Thomas has secretly reaped the benefits from a network of wealthy and well-connected patrons that is far more extensive than previously understood.

Mike Ludwig, Truthout. (2023-08-09). More People Die Young In US Due To Health Care And Welfare Cuts. popularresistance.org From 1930 through the middle of the last century, the mortality rate in the United States was lower or commensurate with the mortality rates of other wealthy nations, such as Canada, France and Britain. However, in the late 1970s through the 1980s, U.S. health outcomes and mortality rates began to diverge from those of its peers. | By 2021, about half of all U.S. deaths under the age of 65 would have been avoided if the U.S. mortality rates were on par with those of other countries, according to a new study published by the National Academy of Sciences. | In other words, on average one out of every two deaths und…

ecns.cn (2023-08-10). Prices in German supermarket reflect climate cost. ecns.cn German discount supermarket Penny has drawn mixed reactions from critics after temporarily increasing prices of some products to incorporate hidden climate costs.

ecns.cn (2023-08-10). CPI falls, but demand to recover soon. ecns.cn China's consumer prices dropped year-on-year in July for the first time since early 2021 while factory-gate prices continued to decline, increasing the urgency for policymakers to take more steps to boost domestic demand and support growth.

ecns.cn (2023-08-10). Police find new ways to track suspects hiding overseas. ecns.cn Shanghai police are using a new system to track suspects of financial crimes who have fled overseas, by using information sharing and joint investigations.

WSWS (2023-08-10). Moody's announces significant downturn in ratings of mid-sized banks. wsws.org A report by the rating agency Moody's on the status of 27 banks, including some of the largest, has pointed to the growing problems in the US banking and financial system.

Julia Rock (2023-08-09). Trump Donors Get Bailout, Truckers Get Layoffs. levernews.com As tens of thousands of workers are being laid off in the bankruptcy of one of America's largest trucking companies, one player in the collapse is set to get at least some financial protection: Apollo Global Management, a politically-connected private equity firm that owns a huge chunk of the company's debt. | Read the full story for free.: | Sign up for a free subscription to The Lever to gain access to this story and more. | Already have an account?

WSWS (2023-08-09). UPS made massive revenues in the last quarter, financial statement reveals. wsws.org The company will spend $8.4 billion in share buybacks and dividends this year, equal to nearly $25,000 for each of its unionized workers in the US.

Alan Macleod (2023-08-10). From Wallet to War Machine: The Startling Truth About Your Tax Dollars Revealed, with Lindsay Koshgarian. mintpressnews.com Lindsay Koshgarian, Program Director of the National Priorities Project, joins MintCast to discuss the shocking everyday impact of military spending on Americans.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-08-09). Imperial students spend summer in prestigious labs across the globe. imperial.ac.uk Imperial students are spending part of their summer at top institutes across the globe as part of the International Research Opportunities Programme.

ecns.cn (2023-08-10). CFA Institute mulling new certificate localized for China. ecns.cn The CFA Institute, a global association of investment professionals, is mulling over rolling out a new investment certificate localized for the Chinese market in the next one or two years.

ecns.cn (2023-08-10). Beijing shows strong opposition against new U.S. executive order. ecns.cn Beijing expressed dissatisfaction and opposition on Thursday to Washington's single-minded rollout of restrictions on investments in China, and vowed to resolutely safeguarditsrights and interests.

teleSUR (2023-08-10). Biden's New Ban on China Aimed in Wrong Direction, Expert Says. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Denis Simon, a professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said that U.S. President Joe Biden's new executive order to limit U.S. investments in advanced technology industries in China is "aimed in the wrong direction." | RELATED: | The order restricting certain types of foreign investment and capital flows into China represents just "another punitive step in an effort to contain China," Simon said, noting that it's aim…

Jim Spellman (2023-08-10). Biden approves executive order putting restrictions on U.S. investment in Chinese tech firms. america.cgtn.com A new executive order signed by President Biden will place restrictions on U.S. investments in some Chinese high-tech firms.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-08-10). China rejects US measure to politicize business exchanges. plenglish.com Beijing, Aug 10 (Prensa Latina) The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday denounced the politicization of business by the United States, which wants to use national security concerns to prevent investments in China.

Dave DeCamp (2023-08-09). Biden Signs Executive Order Banning Certain Investments in China. news.antiwar.com

ecns.cn (2023-08-10). Chinese travelers to lift profits of Frankfurt Airport in 2023. ecns.cn Germany's Frankfurt Airport expects its core profit for 2023 to return to the stratosphere, thanks largely to the reopening of China's borders after the easing of COVID-19 travel restrictions.

ecns.cn (2023-08-10). 'Rice kingdom' farmers fear crops may be lost. ecns.cn As floodwaters subside in Northeast China, farmers in the country's "rice kingdom" are worried profits from this year's harvest are disappearing with them.

Rhoda Wilson (2023-08-10). Things are not looking good for UK's Net Zero Zealots and offshore wind profiteers. expose-news.com At the end of June, we wrote that things were not going as well for the Net Zero Zealots in Europe as hoped. However, the UK seemed hellbent on marching forwards, charging …

Fight Back (2023-08-10). Fight conspiracy theories with Marxism-Leninism. fightbacknews.org It is growing more and more common to hear people repeating core elements of conspiracy theories. Many of these conspiracy theories grow from the fringes of right-wing extremist groups, then begin to creep into the mainstream through websites like Elon Musk's Twitter (now renamed "X"), or through podcast personalities like Alex Jones, Jordan Peterson and Joe Rogan, or through "influencers" on social media. They have grown even more prevalent since Donald Trump's rise to power, as he himself promoted many of them from the Oval Office in Washington. | Indeed, conspiracy theories abound. Some appear ridiculous, suc…

Fight Back (2023-08-09). Chicago: Loretto workers stop deliveries and fight to win. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – 200 workers at Loretto Hospital are on the ninth day of their #StrikeForStaffing. This is their slogan because they are the lowest-paid CNAs, housekeepers and tech workers in any safety net hospital in Chicago. Because of their low wages, workers have to work 50 or 60 hours a week to make ends meet. Being forced to work excessive overtime isn't best for patient care. | Ebony Childs is a striker who has worked as a patient care tech for 18 years on an addiction unit. On the picket line today, she said, "We are on strike for better wages, for respect, for safe staffing, and for the community to have b…

Paciifca's Capitalism, Race & Democracy (2023-08-10). TX School Libraries under Threat; UPS Teamsters Question New Contract; Russian Socialist. indybay.org On Pacifica's Capitalism, Race & Democracy covers Texas School Libraries under Threat; UPS Teamsters Question New Contract; Russian Socialist Academic Arrested; Dr Mutulu Shakur Presente!

Ajamu Baraka (2023-08-09). War in Africa and War in the Americas: Accelerating the End of White World Supremacy. orinocotribune.com By Ajamu Baraka — Aug 2, 2023 | The structural crisis of capitalism in its neoliberal form has created a legitimacy crisis for the capitalist rulers, making the use of force a permanent strategy for maintaining their dominance. (from the The US recently deployed troops to Peru to shore-up the coup in that country, followed by the deployment of troops to Ecuador and the bizarre AFRICOM plan to insert Kenya and Rwanda forces all the way from Africa to Haiti to support the illegitimate Ar…

Mnar Adley (2023-08-10). MintPress News Is Being Targeted: Join Us in Standing up to the War Machine. mintpressnews.com Stand up for truth. Stand up against war. Today, we invite you to join us in empowering MintPress News, the vanguard of fearless investigative journalism that unearths the hidden web of the military industrial complex.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-08-10). Anuncian aseguramiento de planta de agua para litio en Bolivia. telesurtv.net Considerando que la Planta de Tratamiento de Agua para Uso Industrial está lista, se prevé que la Planta Industrial de Carbonato de Litio ya esté trabajando en agosto.

Staff (2023-08-10). Belém's Fourth Amazon Summit 2023: Results. orinocotribune.com Representatives of the countries that share territory of the Amazon rainforest met at the Fourth Amazon Summit 2023, in order to work together to conserve the world's largest land-based natural lung. As a result of this meeting, convened by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, several agreements have been made to curb deforestation, driven by industrial agriculture, mining practices, and land grabbing. | The Belém Declaration—named after the Brazilian city where the summit was held—was signed this Tuesday, August 8, by the members of the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO), made up…

WSWS (2023-08-09). Yellow workers dealing with lost hours, no severance pay after freight company shuttered operations and declared bankruptcy. wsws.org Workers at the Columbus, Ohio facility were never told that they were being laid off, and only found out that they were out of a job when they arrived at the warehouse and found the gates padlocked shut.

Ann Brown (2023-08-09). CPA Explains Why Credit Card Points and 2% Cash Back Are Scams on the Public. moguldom.com You know that credit card deal you have? The one with the 2 percent cash back? The one that gives you points on your purchases? Well, as enticing as these perks may seem, certified public accountant Brennan Schlagbaum says the perks are a joke. Schlagbaum, founder of the finance platform Budgetdog, tweeted, "Credit card points …

Ana Perdigón (2023-08-10). Communist Party of Cuba and PSUV Sign Cooperation Agreement. orinocotribune.com The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) has signed a cooperation and exchange agreement with the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC). | On Tuesday, August 8, Diosdado Cabello, first vice president of PUV, signed the agreement on behalf of the party. For PCC, the agreement was signed by the secretary of Organization of the Communist Party of Cuba, Roberto Morales Ojeda. | According to the signatories, this agreement is aimed at strengthening friendship, dialogue and communication between the two organizations, in addition to reciprocal learning and political trust. | Se firma el Acuerdo de Intercambio y Cooperaci…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-08-10). The U.S. Plot to Finalize the Theft of Venezuela's Oil. libya360.wordpress.com Margaret Kimberley Venezuela and the Caribbean region The U.S. has used its influence to steal another country's oil revenues. Venezuela is in the crosshairs because it dares to be socialist in the hemisphere the U.S. claims as it's "backyard." It was always about the oil. United States assertions that the government of elected president Nicolas…

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2023-08-08: News Headlines

Anonymous103 (2023-08-08). Sanctions Propel Russia To Europe's Largest Economy. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-08-08). European Companies Lost ‚Ǩ100 Billion After Exiting Russia. southfront.org Illustrative ImageThe Wall Street Journal admits that targeting the Russian economy has been a "failure" | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | The Financial Times newspaper reported that since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, European companies have lost ‚Ǩ100 billion. The media outlet indicated, citing preliminary data from a survey of 600 European groups' annual reports and 2023 financial statements, that 176 European companies faced t…

Drago Bosnic (2023-08-08). Economic Fallout: Sanctions and Energy Prices Propel Russia to the Status of "Europe's Largest Economy" globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-08-08). China's trade with BRI economies rises 7.4% in Jan-Jul: customs authorities. ecns.cn In the first seven months this year, China's foreign trade with countries along the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) reached 8.06 trillion yuan ($1.12 trillion), an increase of 7.4 percent year-on-year.

Misión Verdad (2023-08-08). World Bank Establishes Russia as Leading Economy in Europe. orinocotribune.com According to the latest data from the World Bank Group, Russia has become one of the five largest economies in the world, securing its position as the leading economy in Europe. | The World Development Indicators represent the primary compilation of development indicators by the World Bank. The compiled data, which include national, regional, and global estimates, provide a clear visual representation of the overall progress of global development. | GDP data is based on official country data published by the World Bank and IMF, which is then converted to purchasing power parity. | At the end of 2022, the World B…

infobrics (2023-08-08). The BRICS Economy: Understanding the Origins fnd Impact on the World Economy. infobrics.org Many saw this group as a symbol of economic hope and optimism for developing countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Global South. At the time of inception, the economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China were experiencing significant growth which raised eyebrows and attracted attention regarding their impact on the global economy…


infobrics (2023-08-08). The BRICS Economy: Understanding the Origins and Impact on the World Economy. infobrics.org Many saw this group as a symbol of economic hope and optimism for developing countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Global South. At the time of inception, the economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China were experiencing significant growth which raised eyebrows and attracted attention regarding their impact on the global economy…

imperial.ac.uk (2023-08-07). Tech Minister visits Imperial for inaugural Semiconductor Advisory Panel meeting. imperial.ac.uk Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy Paul Scully MP held the Government's first Semiconductor Advisory Panel meeting at the White City Campus…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-08-07). NATO Imposes the Yoke. The SCO Brings Freedom and Equality. libya360.wordpress.com Adnan Akfirat Türkiye should immediately leave NATO and join the SCO and BRICS to protect its sovereignty, territorial integrity and ensure the development of its national economy! The motto "America must not leave us, otherwise Russia will come" was used by far-right organizations in Türkiye in the 1970s that were governed by the US Gladio….

Ben Norton (2023-08-07). Atomic bombing of Japan was not necessary to end WWII. US gov't documents admit it. geopoliticaleconomy.com US government documents admit the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not necessary to end WWII. Japan was on the verge of surrendering. The nuclear attack was the first strike in Washington's Cold War on the Soviet Union.

infobrics (2023-08-07). NATO aggression against Russia becomes total war. infobrics.org Drone attacks on civilian infrastructure are absolutely irrelevant to Russian military operations in Ukraine, meaning they are either an act of desperation or the United States is simply trying to launch a total war against Russia, as its economy has proved to be virtually impervious to political West's unrelenting sanctions warfare.

Ahmed Adel (2023-08-08). Deep-seated Economic Crisis: European Companies Lost €100 Billion After Exiting Russia. globalresearch.ca




Peoples Dispatch (2023-08-08). Warring parties in Yemen resume Oman-mediated peace talks to end the war. peoplesdispatch.org The peace talks had been suspended in July after the two sides could not reach an agreement on a number of economic and humanitarian issues…

Shireen Akram-Boshar (2023-08-08). Can Popular Resistance and Mutual Aid Stave Off Civil War in Sudan? truthout.org In December 2018, a powerful tide of demonstrations erupted in Sudan, beginning in the cities of Ad-Damazin and Atbara and quickly sweeping across the country, becoming what would be called the "December Revolution." These demonstrations were sparked by the sharp rise in the prices of key commodities such as bread and fuel, as well as the frightening deterioration of economic conditions. |

ecns.cn (2023-08-08). Use of natural gas to rise on biz recovery. ecns.cn Natural gas consumption in China is expected to rise this year as domestic economic recovery rapidly increases the domestic energy off-take, said experts from industry and policy think tanks.

ecns.cn (2023-08-08). Researchers use sunlight to recycle plastic waste. ecns.cn Chinese researchers have made a breakthrough in recycling plastic waste utilizing seawater and sunlight, a process which is low-cost, environmentally friendly and economically viable.

Juliane Schumacher (2023-08-08). When everything tips over. indybay.org So it's high time for the left to break out of its shock paralysis, to start politicizing knowledge again and to develop its own models and approaches that are both bigger and smaller than the warning about the end of humanity. First, by taking into account the economic structures…. And on the other hand, by going into the painstaking, everyday detail work.

Francisco Dominguez (2023-08-08). Maduro: A Decade Continuing Chávez's Socialist and Anti-Imperialist Struggle. orinocotribune.com By Francisco Dominguez — Aug 2, 2023 | The first part in a series examining the last decade in Venezuela under the leadership of Nicolás Maduro and how the country resisted relentless imperialist attacks | This year marks 10 years since Nicolás Maduro was elected president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. During this period, the people of Venezuela faced some of the biggest challenges in its history, with attacks being lodged in the political, communications, and economic spheres by right-wing actors domestically and abroad, notably US authorities. As former US president Donald Trump boasted "When I…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-08-08). Warring parties in Yemen resume Oman-mediated peace talks to end the war. peoplesdispatch.org The peace talks had been suspended in July after the two sides could not reach an agreement on a number of economic and humanitarian issues…

Shireen Akram-Boshar (2023-08-08). Can Popular Resistance and Mutual Aid Stave Off Civil War in Sudan? truthout.org In December 2018, a powerful tide of demonstrations erupted in Sudan, beginning in the cities of Ad-Damazin and Atbara and quickly sweeping across the country, becoming what would be called the "December Revolution." These demonstrations were sparked by the sharp rise in the prices of key commodities such as bread and fuel, as well as the frightening deterioration of economic conditions. |

ecns.cn (2023-08-08). Use of natural gas to rise on biz recovery. ecns.cn Natural gas consumption in China is expected to rise this year as domestic economic recovery rapidly increases the domestic energy off-take, said experts from industry and policy think tanks.

ecns.cn (2023-08-08). Researchers use sunlight to recycle plastic waste. ecns.cn Chinese researchers have made a breakthrough in recycling plastic waste utilizing seawater and sunlight, a process which is low-cost, environmentally friendly and economically viable.

Juliane Schumacher (2023-08-08). When everything tips over. indybay.org So it's high time for the left to break out of its shock paralysis, to start politicizing knowledge again and to develop its own models and approaches that are both bigger and smaller than the warning about the end of humanity. First, by taking into account the economic structures…. And on the other hand, by going into the painstaking, everyday detail work.

Francisco Dominguez (2023-08-08). Maduro: A Decade Continuing Chávez's Socialist and Anti-Imperialist Struggle. orinocotribune.com By Francisco Dominguez — Aug 2, 2023 | The first part in a series examining the last decade in Venezuela under the leadership of Nicolás Maduro and how the country resisted relentless imperialist attacks | This year marks 10 years since Nicolás Maduro was elected president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. During this period, the people of Venezuela faced some of the biggest challenges in its history, with attacks being lodged in the political, communications, and economic spheres by right-wing actors domestically and abroad, notably US authorities. As former US president Donald Trump boasted "When I…

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-08-08). Cuban and Indian entrepreneurs to exchange mutual interests (+Photo). plenglish.com New Delhi, Aug 8 (Prensa Latina) Cuban and Indian entrepreneurs exchanged mutual interests in another progressive step towards routing new partnerships in the economic and trade relations between the two countries.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-08-08). First Regional AI Index to be launched at ECLAC. plenglish.com Santiago de Chile, Aug 8 (Prensa Latina) Representatives of government, international organizations, academia and the private sector will participate on Friday, August 11, 2023 in an event entitled AI for Sustainable Development in Latin America: Launch of the first Latin American Artificial Intelligence Index, which will take place at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile.

Shelterforce, Grassroots Economic Organizing. (2023-08-08). Tenant Organizing In Unexpected Places. popularresistance.org Spurred in part by COVID and by a growing housing affordability crisis, tenant organizing is picking up, not just in expected places like New York, but in mid-sized cities like Austin and Baltimore, and even smaller cities like Louisville, Kentucky, and Portland, Maine. Increasingly, tenant organizers are not just winning battles against landlords, but changing public policy. For instance, rent control was passed in Portland, Maine, last November. | In this webinar cosponsored by NPQ and Shelterforce on July 12, moderated by Steve Dubb, NPQ economic justice senior editor, and Miriam Axel-Lute, Shelterforce's edit…

Herman Michiel (2023-08-08). Economic Recovery Fund as Cover for Neoliberal Reforms. socialistproject.ca

Ana Vračar (2023-08-07). Climate breakdown threatens food security and health in Iraq. peoplesdispatch.org As another heat wave hit West Asia at the beginning of August, temperatures in Baghdad reached 51 degrees Celsius. "For a person like me, with access to air conditioning, this was unbearable. Imagine how it was for those with compromised health or compromised economic status," says Muntather Hassan, a dentist working at the Iraqi Al-Amal Association, reflecting on the health effects of climate change in Iraq. | Hassan authored a

A Guest Author (2023-08-07). A declaration from West Africa Peoples Organization on Niger. workers.org The slightly edited statement was released on Aug. 2, 2023. The West Africa Peoples Organisation (WAPO) released a declaration condemning the ultimatums announced by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and West African Economic and Monetary Union (Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine, UEMOA) on the situation in . . . |

Dave DeCamp (2023-08-07). ECOWAS to Hold Second Emergency Summit on Niger. news.antiwar.com The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will hold another emergency summit on the situation in Niger this Thursday after the Niger junta ignored the bloc's deadline to reinstate President Mohamed Bazoum. After the military took power in Niger, ECOWAS leaders held a summit and threatened military action if Bazoum was not reinstated by …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-08-07). Video: COVID Lockdown Measures Contribute to Economic Destabilization and Undermine Civil Society. Prof. Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca

Samantha Waxman, Amelia Minkin, Center on Budget, Policy Priorities. (2023-08-08). Momentum For New And Expanded Child And Earned Income Tax Credits. popularresistance.org 2023 legislative sessions saw strong momentum toward creating and expanding child tax credits. Three states created a new permanent child tax credit, one created a one-time child tax credit payment, and seven states improved existing child tax credits. These efforts build on the success of the federal Child Tax Credit in reducing child poverty and improving outcomes for children in the near and long term. | Many states this year have also improved their earned income tax credits (EITCs). State EITCs, like the federal EITC, boost incomes for people paid low wages and provide greater support for people caring for c…

isabella (2023-08-08). Another Chance to Reduce Child Poverty. inequality.org

infobrics (2023-08-07). South Africa Chinese Investment Ahead of BRICS Summit. infobrics.org The country is looking to Chinese infrastructure expertise as it struggles with energy blackouts and stubbornly high long-term unemployment rates…

Anonymous (2023-08-08). Erika Endrijonas Legal Mess Lands In Federal Court. indybay.org Erika Endrijonas may have taken the helm of Santa Barbara City College, but the legal mess she created at Los Angeles Valley College is headed for Federal Court. Local News Black-outs may assuage egos, but they don't serve the community and low-income students.

Labor Video Project (2023-08-08). No Robo Taxis In San Francico! Labor & Public Rally At Newsom Controlled CPUC. indybay.org

LaborFest.net (2023-08-08). From East Palestine, Silicon Valley & Hunters Point, Toxins, Workers & Whistleblowers. indybay.org This is a panel on the toxic dangers to workers and the community from East Palestine, Silicon Valley To Hunters Point shipyard.

San José May Day Coalition (2023-08-08). Thursday 8/31: Reclaiming the Militant Legacy of Labor Day. indybay.org Join Zoom meeting: | us02web.zoom.us/j/81040660090

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2023-08-08). Which class should control Artificial Intelligence: the workers or the bosses? indybay.org Working people should control and run AI for the benefit of workers and the public. In order to do that they need the unions to break from the Democrats and build a mass democratic workers party that will stop this capitalist madness for profits and destruction of workers jobs.

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2023-08-08). Thursday 8/10: Stop The Robo Taxis/Disney Dystopia & Newsom Democratic Party Corruption At CPUC. indybay.org California Public Utility Commission | 505 Van Ness/McAllister | San Francisco…

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-08-08). Cuba and Venezuela to reaffirm PSUV-PCC relations (+Photo). plenglish.com Havana, Aug 8 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's Communist Party (PCC) and Venezuela's United Socialist Party (PSUV) strengthened on Tuesday relations after the signing of collaboration deals that formalize links between both organizations.

teleSUR (2023-08-08). Labor Exploitation of Kenyan Internet Cleaners. telesurenglish.net Content moderators from several African countries demanded compensation of 1.46 billion euros for violation of labor rights and outsourcing. So far, most of the demands made by the sector to the technology transnationals have been ignored. | Internet content moderators from several African countries have demanded compensation of 1.46 billion euros for violation of labor rights and outsourcing. Aug. 8, 2023.

teleSUR (2023-08-08). Strengthening Sovereignty to Protect the Amazon: VP Rodriguez. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called upon the nations that comprise the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) to establish a collaborative action plan to safeguard the Amazon forests and their natural resources. | RELATED: | "Through hard work, effort, and a concrete action plan ready for implementation, let's unite in reforestation, sanitation, and restoration of the Amazon, for the well-b…

manager (2023-08-08). What to Look for in the July CPI. cepr.net Preview: What to Look for in the July CPI (The monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) is scheduled for release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Thursday, August 10 at 8: 30 AM Eastern Time.) We have been getting lower than expected inflation reports in recent months, with both the overall and core CPI coming in …

Margaret Knapke (2023-08-08). El Salvador's Dangerous Democratic Backslide. fpif.org President Nayib Bukele's regime has arrested nearly 72,000 Salvadorans over the last 16 months for allegedly assisting or belonging to criminal gangs. This includes at least It also includes "Teo" (not his real name), a boatman arrested in May 2022 when he declined to give a ride to members of the armed forces. He explained the boat didn't have sufficient fuel, and his aunt had gone to buy more. | And "Julio" (not his real name), a laborer at a coconut cooperative. In July 2022, a soldier grabbe…

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-08-08). Cuba and Venezuela to reaffirm PSUV-PCC relations. plenglish.com Havana, Aug 8 (Prensa Latina) Cuba's Communist Party (PCC) and Venezuela's United Socialist Party (PSUV) strengthened on Tuesday relations after the signing of collaboration deals that formalize links between both organizations.

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-08). Housing, environment, anti-war and Palestine campaigners to protest at Labor's national conference. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-08). Victorian Labor may delay bail reforms. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-08). Why does Labor fear dissent on AUKUS and Palestine? greenleft.org.au

WSWS (2023-08-08). Australian government vows to hold indigenous Voice referendum despite falling support. wsws.org A wider political crisis is developing. There is growing distrust in the Voice project and the Labor government itself, especially in the working class.

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-08). Open letter to Labor: Increase the allowance to refugees stranded in Indonesia. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-08). Why does the Labor fear dissent on AUKUS and Palestine? greenleft.org.au

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-08-08). Science Saturday: Progressive alliance advances science through patient-powered research. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Harnessing the power of patients' lived experiences and their biospecimen data, a unique relationship between a nonprofit patient advocacy group called The MOG Project, a team of Mayo Clinic neurologists, and the Autoimmune Neurology Laboratory at Mayo Clinic has created a synergetic bridge that's advancing the science behind a devastating neurological illness. Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease, or MOGAD, is a rare, central nervous system demyelinating disorder that can render an individual blind, paralyzed, or comatose….

Mike Ludwig (2023-08-08). More People Die Young in US Due to Health Care and Welfare Cuts, Study Finds. truthout.org From 1930 through the middle of the last century, the mortality rate in the United States was lower or commensurate with the mortality rates of other wealthy nations, such as Canada, France and Britain. However, in the late 1970s through the 1980s, U.S. health outcomes and mortality rates began to diverge from those of its peers. By 2021, about half of all U.S. deaths under the age of 65 would… |

Ann Brown (2023-08-07). Georgetown Study: Researchers Show Being Born Rich is Better Than Being Smart. moguldom.com This might seem like a no-brainer to some, but a new study found that being born rich is better than being born smart. A recent study by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) found that being born wealthy is a stronger predictor of adult success in the U.S. than academic excellence. The …

Sam Pizzigati (2023-08-07). Can we measure inequality without tallying the wealth of our wealthy?Ôøº. nationofchange.org Hundreds of prestigious economists don't think so. The World Bank, unfortunately, does.

Staff (2023-08-08). OPEIU LOCAL 39: 'MADISON GAS & ELECTRIC USING RATE INCREASE TO LOWBALL EMPLOYEES AS PROFITS SOAR'. wibailoutpeople.org 08/08/2023 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | Madison, WI — The Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 39, the Union representing workers at Madison Gas & Electric (MGE), say that the Company is using its application for a utility rate increase as an excuse not to pay its workers fair wages. The Union and Company have been bargaining since April. | MGE filed an application with state regulators in May requesting an increase in utility rates, after raising prices in January. MGE is one of the most expensive energy utilities in Wisconsin, reporting approximately $111 million in profit l…

Dean Baker (2023-08-08). Taxing Share Buybacks: The Cheapest Tax EVER! cepr.net I just saw a piece touting the tax on share buybacks as the basis of the investment boom we are seeing in factory construction. I'm a bit skeptical on that one, I think the incentives providing by the CHIPS Act and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) are a far bigger deal, but if taxing buybacks …

Jake Johnson (2023-08-07). 'Renters are struggling': economists back tenant-led push for federal rent control. nationofchange.org "We have seen corporate landlords—who own a larger share of the rental market than ever before—use inflation as an excuse to hike rents and reap excess profits beyond what should be considered fair and reasonable."

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2023-08-07). Will Christina Aguilera, Imagine Dragons cross international picket line? electronicintifada.net US pop stars plan to perform on ruins of ethnically cleansed Palestinian villages.

Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. (2023-08-08). Building Grassroots Power For National Universal Health Care. popularresistance.org Profiteers are taking over health care in the United States and running it into the ground – firing health professionals and closing hospitals. Dr. Ana Malinow, a lead organizer of the group, National Single Payer, fears we are witnessing the demise of a model national insurance, Medicare, as the 58th anniversary of its passage was celebrated on July 31. Dr. Malinow joins Clearing the FOG to discuss the state of health care in the US. She provides a strong critique of state legislative efforts and the two Medicare for All bills in the House and Senate, HR 3421 and S 1655. Dr. Malinow outlines what people are doin…

Amy Goodman (2023-08-07). Henrietta Lacks Settlement Is a "Form of Reparations" for Biomedical Racism. truthout.org The family of Henrietta Lacks, a Black cancer patient whose cells were taken by Johns Hopkins University Hospital without her consent in 1951, has reached a deal over the unethical use of her cells with pharmaceutical company Thermo Fisher Scientific. Henrietta Lacks's family has denounced the racist medical system that allowed the biotech company to make billions in profit from the "HeLa" cell… |

Staff (2023-08-07). "It's a Way of Reparations": Why Henrietta Lacks Settlement Matters for Bioethics & Racial Justice. democracynow.org The family of Henrietta Lacks, a Black cancer patient whose cells were taken by Johns Hopkins University Hospital without her consent in 1951, has reached a deal over the unethical use of her cells with pharmaceutical company Thermo Fisher Scientific. Henrietta Lacks's family has denounced the racist medical system that allowed the biotech company to make billions in profit from the "HeLa" cell line, which helped produce remedies for multiple diseases, including the first polio vaccine. Details of the settlement were not made public, but the plaintiffs celebrated the lawsuit's resolution l…

Editor (2023-08-07). The landlords' anti-rent-control argument is pure BS. mronline.org Setting limits on how much landlords can increase rents, as Councilmember Kshama Sawant's legislation would do the moment the unjust state rent control ban is lifted, is a commonsense response to this sick profiteering.

ecns.cn (2023-08-08). China seeks public comment on first nationwide regulations governing facial recognition technology. ecns.cn China on Tuesday launched a nationwide initiative to solicit public opinions on regulations specifically targeting facial recognition technology.

teleSUR (2023-08-08). US Court Blocks Biden's Student Debt Forgiveness. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit blocked a President Joe Biden's administration rule that aimed to make it easier for defrauded borrowers to obtain student loan debt relief. | RELATED: | The court issued an injunction to prevent the government from implementing regulations that took effect last month while it considers a lawsuit brought by Career Colleges and Schools of Texas, which represents 70 for…

Anonymous103 (2023-08-08). Europe Under Censorship With The Digital Services Act. Orwell's Prophecy Is Reality. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by Piero Messina | George Orwell's prophecy comes true. On August 25, the Digital Services Act came into force, the European regulation which formally aims to put online information in order, but which is actually a first substantial step towards censorship of free information. George Orwell had envisioned a Ministry of Reality. Brussels really created that structure. It will be up to the European Commission, without filters and without regulatory bodies, to establish what is true…

Bruce Lerro (2023-08-08). Why Neopagan Marxists are Not Pantheists or Animists. dissidentvoice.org Orientation In human life it is clear that we are external nature — we have an affinity with other life forms like primates as real, objective beings. However, we also have an internal nature — a psychology — of mental states, goals, imagination and sexual urges that is internal to us. We know from cosmologists …

Editor (2023-08-07). Renewing political Marxism. mronline.org REVIEW OF ISABELLE GARO'S "COMMUNISM AND STRATEGY"

Zane McNeill (2023-08-08). 11,000 LA City Workers Strike After City Engaged in Bad Faith Bargaining. truthout.org More than 11,000 workers for the city of Los Angeles are joining hotel employees, Hollywood actors, and TV and movie writers who have been striking this summer for higher wages and better working conditions. "When bosses refuse to listen to demands, workers WILL shut things down," Mary Kay Henry, president of Service Employees International Union (SEIU), said on Twitter. |

Drago Bosnic (2023-08-07). Dangerous Crossroads, "Towards Total War"? Supported by US-NATO, Kiev Regime Wages Attacks, Targets "Inside Russian Territory" globalresearch.ca

Frank Cappello (2023-08-08). MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: John Q (w/ Nina Turner). levernews.com

Paciifca's Capitalism, Race & Democracy (2023-08-08). TX School Libraries under Threat; UPS Teamsters Question New Contract; Russian Socialist. indybay.org On Pacifica's Capitalism, Race & Democracy covers Texas School Libraries under Threat; UPS Teamsters Question New Contract; Russian Socialist Academic Arrested; Dr Mutulu Shakur Presente!

teleSUR, nama, JCM (2023-08-08). Bolivia rechaza instalación de bases de EE.UU. en la Amazonía. telesurtv.net Presidente Luis Arce destacó la necesidad de impulsar un trabajo conjunto y coordinado para enfrentar la deforestación.

The Tricontinental (2023-08-08). Dossier no. 67: Dependency and super-exploitation: The relationship between foreign capital and social struggles in Latin America. mronline.org In the different countries of the world, capitalism is shaped and consolidated not only by the general logic of this mode of production, but also by the social, historical, and cultural conditions of each country. The way each country and region understand the forms of accumulation and expansion of capitalism is fundamental to the class struggle.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-08-08). Anxiety, depression are not cancer risk factors. plenglish.com Washington, Aug 8 (Prensa Latina) The association between depression, anxiety and cancer risk has been a point of contention in scientific circles. In a new study a multi-national team refutes the idea that these mental health conditions are linked to most types of cancer.

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-08-08). Jamaica showcases its agricultural challenges and potential. plenglish.com Kingston, Aug 8 (Prensa Latina) The 69th edition of the Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Fair represents the resilience of farmers, Jamaican Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining Floyd Green said.

WSWS (2023-08-07). Sri Lankan union agrees to government censorship of health employees. wsws.org This censorship is an outright betrayal of the democratic right to freedom of expression, underscoring the role of the trade union as the industrial police for government and corporations.

WSWS (2023-08-08). Yellow freight declares bankruptcy, in the latest assault on workers' jobs. wsws.org Yellow's bankruptcy puts 30,000 workers out of their jobs and sets the stage for a looting of the company by Wall Street.

Tanupriya Singh (2023-08-08). Socialist Party of Zambia condemns arrest of Dr. Fred M'membe. peoplesdispatch.org Dr. Fred M'membe was arrested on charges of libel on August 8, after he was summoned for questioning by the Zambian police. An outspoken critic of imperialist and neoliberal policies, M'membe had long warned of his arrest amid attacks on the Socialist Party…

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-08-08). nuestrAmérica: Segundo Congreso Mundial contra el neoliberalismo educativo. indybay.org nuestrAmérica: Segundo Congreso Mundial contra el neoliberalismo educativo | Encuentro en Panamá…

Fight Back (2023-08-08). FRSO announces Central Committee member Carlos Montes elected co-chair of Chicano, Latino, and Other Oppressed Nationalities Commission. fightbacknews.org Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) is proud to announce that longtime Chicano revolutionary Carlos Montes was elected to co-chair the Chicano Latino and Other Oppressed Nationalities Commission, newly formed this July 2023. This followed his re-election to the Central Committee at our Congress held in May 2022. The Chicano, Latino, and Other Oppressed Nationalities Commission will help build Chicano power and develop theory. It will also work to forge alliances with Native American people in the Southwest. Carlos self-recruited to FRSO in the mid-1990s, when he saw the importance of building revolutionary…

Fight Back (2023-08-08). Freedom Road Socialist Organization to hold online forum on the tentative agreement between the Teamsters and UPS. fightbacknews.org On Sunday, August 13 at 3 p.m. Pacific time (4 p.m. Mountain / 5 p.m. Central / 6 p.m. Eastern), Freedom Road Socialist Organization will be hosting an online event entitled "Class Struggle Unionism and the Tentative Agreement at UPS" featuring rank-and-file Teamsters, some of whom are FRSO members. | "Thanks to the efforts of militants in the rank and file of the Teamsters, we have turned the page on the Hoffa-era concessions," said Richard Blake, a member of Teamsters Local 512, "This time we organized a real contract campaign, mobilizing the rank and file, and established a credible strike threat, leading to…

WSWS (2023-08-08). At DSA 2023 convention, delegates resolve to remain faction of Democratic Party. wsws.org At the Democratic Socialists of America's August 4-6 convention in Chicago, delegates gathered in person to re-state the organization's half-century commitment to promoting the imperialist Democratic Party.

ecsorinoco (2023-08-07). The US Plot to Finalize the Theft of Venezuela's Oil. orinocotribune.com The U.S. has used its influence to steal another country's oil revenues. Venezuela is in the crosshairs because it dares to be socialist in the hemisphere the US claims as it's "backyard." | It was always about the oil. United States assertions that the government of elected president Nicolas Maduro was illegitimate were always a ruse needed to get US corporate hands on Venezuela's oil company, CITGO. | All the years of demonization, choosing an "interim president" who addressed Congress and met with US allies around the world, and collusion with corporate media to spread war propaganda, were all part of a bipart…

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-08-07). PSUV delegation pays visit to Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, Aug 7 (Prensa Latina)Venezuela's First Vice- President of the United Socialist Party (PSUV) Diosdado Cabello paid on Monday an official visit to Cuba at the head of a delegation made up of five PSUV vice presidents and other members.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-08-07). Diosdado Cabello pays tribute to Fidel Castro in Cuba. plenglish.com Santiago de Cuba, Aug 7 (Prensa Latina) The first Vice President of Venezuela ¥s United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) Diosdado Cabello on Monday paid tribute to the leader of the Cuban Revolution Fidel Castro at the Santa Ifigenia Patrimonial Cemetery, during his official visit to Cuba.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-08-07). Iran 1953: MI6 Plots With Islamists To Overthrow Democracy. orinocotribune.com By Mark Curtis — Aug 1, 2023 | Declassified British files highlight a little known aspect of the joint MI6/CIA coup against Iran's democratically elected government in August 1953 — UK covert action in support of leading radical Shia Islamists, the predecessors of Ayatollah Khomeini. | ‚Ä¢ British officials wanted "a non-communist coup d'etat" in Iran to install a "dictator" who would promote UK oil interests | ‚Ä¢ UK and US governments backed Islamist forces to stir up unrest and even considered installing Ayatollah Kashani as a client leader following a coup | In many…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-08-07). Was There Really a Massacre in Tiananmen Square—or Was It an Illusion Fabricated by U.S. Politicians and Corporate Media to Make Americans Hate China? covertactionmagazine.com In 1989, the American public was flooded with iconic images of brave Chinese students standing up to Chinese Communist tanks in Tiananmen Square—students who were then brutally slaughtered by the Chinese military. Or so we were led to believe. But a startling new book reveals that the American public may have been deceived. According to …

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2023-08-07: News Headlines

Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-08-07). US/France Threaten Intervention In Resource-Rich Niger. popularresistance.org The US and France have threatened foreign intervention to re-install a pro-Western regime in Niger. | Niger is a major producer of gold and uranium, the latter of which is needed for European nuclear energy. The country has significant oil reserves to which foreign corporations have wanted access. It also hosts large US drone bases. | These Western threats follow coups led by nationalist, anti-colonial military officers in neighboring Burkina Faso and Mali, whose governments have warned that intervention would be considered an act of war, and could thus set off a regional conflict. | West Africa is rich in natura…

Ben Norton (2023-08-07). Atomic bombing of Japan was not necessary to end WWII. US gov't documents admit it. geopoliticaleconomy.com US government documents admit the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki was not necessary to end WWII. Japan was on the verge of surrendering. The nuclear attack was the first strike in Washington's Cold War on the Soviet Union.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-08-07). NATO Imposes the Yoke. The SCO Brings Freedom and Equality. libya360.wordpress.com Adnan Akfirat Türkiye should immediately leave NATO and join the SCO and BRICS to protect its sovereignty, territorial integrity and ensure the development of its national economy! The motto "America must not leave us, otherwise Russia will come" was used by far-right organizations in Türkiye in the 1970s that were governed by the US Gladio….

ecns.cn (2023-08-07). Targeted easing steps for real estate sector in offing. ecns.cn Expanding effective housing demand and improving market expectations will be among the top priorities of policymakers to stabilize the property market, a sector key to reviving the recovery of the world's second-largest economy.

ecns.cn (2023-08-07). State Taxation Administration announces 28 measures to boost private economy. ecns.cn The State Taxation Administration (SAT) of China on Sunday announced 28 measures to facilitate tax payments and promote the development of the private sector, with a focus on supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and individual businesses.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-08-07). Tech Minister visits Imperial for inaugural Semiconductor Advisory Panel meeting. imperial.ac.uk Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy Paul Scully MP held the Government's first Semiconductor Advisory Panel meeting at the White City Campus…


Dean Baker (2023-08-06). The July Jobs Report: The Good News Keeps Coming. cepr.net It would be hard to imagine a much better jobs report than what we got Friday. The economy generated 187,000 jobs for the month, somewhat fewer than the consensus. The jobs numbers for the prior two months were also revised down by 90,000. At the same time, the unemployment rate edged down to 3.5 percent, …

_____ (2023-08-07). U.S. Leaders Are Split on China Policy. transcend.org 3 Aug 2023 – The U.S. bipolar approach to China: It aims to constrain China's economic, political, and military development because it has become U.S.' chief economic competitor—thus, enemy. However, U.S. also seeks to secure the many benefits of its companies doing business in China. "Decoupling" or "de-risking"?

A Guest Author (2023-08-07). A declaration from West Africa Peoples Organization on Niger. workers.org The slightly edited statement was released on Aug. 2, 2023. The West Africa Peoples Organisation (WAPO) released a declaration condemning the ultimatums announced by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and West African Economic and Monetary Union (Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest Africaine, UEMOA) on the situation in . . . |

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-08-07). Video: COVID Lockdown Measures Contribute to Economic Destabilization and Undermine Civil Society. Prof. Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca

Pavan Kulkarni. People's Dispatch. (2023-08-07). Nigeria's Senate Refuses To Support ECOWAS Plan For Military Intervention. popularresistance.org The regional bloc, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), has drawn up a plan for a military invasion of Niger to restore the ousted Mohamed Bazoum to presidency. However, in Nigeria, whose president Bola Tinubu is the current chair of ECOWAS, the Senate has refused to support the military intervention. | On Saturday, August 5, at a closed-door executive session to deliberate on Tinubu's letter seeking the Senate's support for "military buildup and deployment of personnel for military intervention," "almost all senators… totally ruled out the military options," an unnamed senator told Premium Times…

Ana Vračar (2023-08-07). Climate breakdown threatens food security and health in Iraq. peoplesdispatch.org As another heat wave hit West Asia at the beginning of August, temperatures in Baghdad reached 51 degrees Celsius. "For a person like me, with access to air conditioning, this was unbearable. Imagine how it was for those with compromised health or compromised economic status," says Muntather Hassan, a dentist working at the Iraqi Al-Amal Association, reflecting on the health effects of climate change in Iraq. | Hassan authored a




Juliane Schumacher (2023-08-07). When everything tips over. indybay.org So it's high time for the left to break out of its shock paralysis, to start politicizing knowledge again and to develop its own models and approaches that are both bigger and smaller than the warning about the end of humanity. First, by taking into account the economic structures…. And on the other hand, by going into the painstaking, everyday detail work.

ecns.cn (2023-08-07). Spurring development, innovation, jobs, livelihood the Chinese way. ecns.cn With mid-July data showing China's second-quarter GDP grew slower than expected, policymakers now face the daunting task of consolidating the economic recovery trend and stabilizing employment.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-08-07). Niger's military authorities are taking extreme measures. plenglish.com Niamey, Aug 7 (Prensa Latina) The Government deployed forces here, closed the airspace and mobilized the youth in case that the Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS) launches its announced military operation on Monday.

teleSUR (2023-08-07). Expiration of Ultimatum for Niger Motivates ECOWAS Meeting. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will host a new extraordinary presidential summit on Niger, after its ultimatum for the Nigerien military to step down expired at midnight on Sunday. | RELATED: | "The ECOWAS leaders will assess and discuss the political situation and recent developments in Niger," ECOWAS said. This high-level meeting, which will be held in Abuja, the capital of Ni…

teleSUR (2023-08-07). Niger Denounce Possible Military Intervention, Airspace Closed. telesurenglish.net The military junta in Niger announced this Sunday that it is closing again the airspace of the African country as of midnight local time (UTC), coinciding with the expiration of the ultimatum given by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to the military in power to restore the constitutional order, under the threat of a military intervention. | Related: | According to a communiqué read by Major Colonel Amadou Abdara…

Vijay Prashad, Kambale Musavuli (2023-08-07). Niger is just the latest in a string of anti-colonial coups in Africa. peoplesworld.org At 3 a.m. on July 26 2023, the presidential guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum in Niamey, the capital of Niger. Troops, led by Brigadier General Abdourahmane Tchiani, closed the country's borders and declared a curfew. The coup d'etat was immediately condemned by the Economic Community of West African States, the African Union, and the European Union. Both France and the …

Juliane Schumacher (2023-08-07). When everything tips over. indybay.org So it's high time for the left to break out of its shock paralysis, to start politicizing knowledge again and to develop its own models and approaches that are both bigger and smaller than the warning about the end of humanity. First, by taking into account the economic structures…. And on the other hand, by going into the painstaking, everyday detail work.

ecns.cn (2023-08-07). Spurring development, innovation, jobs, livelihood the Chinese way. ecns.cn With mid-July data showing China's second-quarter GDP grew slower than expected, policymakers now face the daunting task of consolidating the economic recovery trend and stabilizing employment.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-08-07). Niger's military authorities are taking extreme measures. plenglish.com Niamey, Aug 7 (Prensa Latina) The Government deployed forces here, closed the airspace and mobilized the youth in case that the Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS) launches its announced military operation on Monday.

teleSUR (2023-08-07). Expiration of Ultimatum for Niger Motivates ECOWAS Meeting. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will host a new extraordinary presidential summit on Niger, after its ultimatum for the Nigerien military to step down expired at midnight on Sunday. | RELATED: | "The ECOWAS leaders will assess and discuss the political situation and recent developments in Niger," ECOWAS said. This high-level meeting, which will be held in Abuja, the capital of Ni…

teleSUR (2023-08-07). Niger Denounce Possible Military Intervention, Airspace Closed. telesurenglish.net The military junta in Niger announced this Sunday that it is closing again the airspace of the African country as of midnight local time (UTC), coinciding with the expiration of the ultimatum given by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to the military in power to restore the constitutional order, under the threat of a military intervention. | Related: | According to a communiqué read by Major Colonel Amadou Abdara…

Vijay Prashad, Kambale Musavuli (2023-08-07). Niger is just the latest in a string of anti-colonial coups in Africa. peoplesworld.org At 3 a.m. on July 26 2023, the presidential guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum in Niamey, the capital of Niger. Troops, led by Brigadier General Abdourahmane Tchiani, closed the country's borders and declared a curfew. The coup d'etat was immediately condemned by the Economic Community of West African States, the African Union, and the European Union. Both France and the …

Editor (2023-08-06). No U.S./French-backed invasion of Niger! workers.org "When Africa becomes economically free and politically united, the monopolists will come face to face with their own working class in their own countries, and a new struggle will arise within which the liquidation and collapse of imperialism will be complete." — Kwame Nkrumah, Neo-Colonialism, the Last Stage of imperialism . . . |

Alexander Rubinstein (2023-08-06). From Chi-Town bagman to ECOWAS chairman: meet the former money launderer leading the push to invade Niger. thegrayzone.com Since the overthrow of Niger's US-friendly government, West African nations of the ECOWAS bloc have threatened an invasion of their neighbor. Before leading the charge for intervention, ECOWAS chair Bola Tinubu spent years laundering millions for heroin dealers in Chicago, and has since been ensnared in numerous corruption scandals. Hours after Niger's Western-backed leader was detained by the country's presidential guard on July 28, Nigerian President and chair of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Bola Tinubu leapt …

Staff (2023-08-06). Venezuela's VP Delcy Rodríguez Meets With India's Vice President and Foreign Minister in New Delhi. orinocotribune.com The vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, held a meeting with the vice president of India, Jagdeep Dhankhar, in New Delhi, where they discussed the economic cooperation between the two countries. | The meeting took place on Thursday, August 3, after Rodríguez's participation in the 9th India, Latin America, and Caribbean Conclave in New Delhi, the capital of India. | The Venezuelan vice president posted on social media X (formerly Twitter) that new growth opportunities for both countries were discussed at the meeting. | H.E. Ms. Delcy Rodríguez, Executive Vice-President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venez…

Dave DeCamp (2023-08-06). Nigeria Senate Warns Against Military Intervention in Niger. news.antiwar.com Nigeria's Senate has warned against military intervention in neighboring Niger after Nigerian President Bola Tinubu requested backing for such an action against Niger's new military junta. Nigeria currently holds the rotating presidency of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which has threatened to use military force if Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum is not …

Anonymous103 (2023-08-06). Coup D'Etat In Niger: Africa On Verge Of New War With Deep Geopolitical Effects. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Eleven days have passed since the military coup against the pro-Western government of Mohamed Bazoum, and foreign efforts to thwart the coup d'état and return Bazoum to power continue. At first glance, this coup may not seem so important, but the background and the special value of Niger in Africa show the high importance of the recent events in the country, important events that can ultimately lead to political, military and even economic changes in Africa. | On Wednesday, July 26, Niger…

infobrics (2023-08-07). South Africa Chinese Investment Ahead of BRICS Summit. infobrics.org The country is looking to Chinese infrastructure expertise as it struggles with energy blackouts and stubbornly high long-term unemployment rates…

Anonymous (2023-08-07). Erika Endrijonas Legal Mess Lands In Federal Court. indybay.org Erika Endrijonas may have taken the helm of Santa Barbara City College, but the legal mess she created at Los Angeles Valley College is headed for Federal Court. Local News Black-outs may assuage egos, but they don't serve the community and low-income students.

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-07). Dying by degrees: Labor's uni review too little too late. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-07). Labor's casual worker reforms need to go further. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-07). Open letter to Labor: Increase the allowance to refugees stranded in Indonesia. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-07). Victorian Labor may delay bail reforms. greenleft.org.au

Labor Video Project (2023-08-07). Namibia Captured By Chinese Capital & Union Busting Drive With George Martin &Hewat Beukes. indybay.org China is the largest exporter of capital in the world and in Namibia Chinese public and private companies have taken over all the uranium and marble mines. According to unionists they are also on a union busting drive to destroy the unions and bring in contract labor.

LaborFest.net (2023-08-07). From East Palestine, Silicon Valley & Hunters Point, Toxins, Workers & Whistleblowers. indybay.org This is a panel on the toxic dangers to workers and the community from East Palestine, Silicon Valley To Hunters Point shipyard.

San José May Day Coalition (2023-08-07). Thursday 8/31: Reclaiming the Militant Legacy of Labor Day. indybay.org Join Zoom meeting: | us02web.zoom.us/j/81040660090

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2023-08-07). Which class should control Artificial Intelligence: the workers or the bosses? indybay.org Working people should control and run AI for the benefit of workers and the public. In order to do that they need the unions to break from the Democrats and build a mass democratic workers party that will stop this capitalist madness for profits and destruction of workers jobs.

Staff (2023-08-07). We Rise Fighting! Labor Podcast Episode 50: Sinead O'Connor, Teamsters, Defending the Tampa 5, RNC protests, Starbucks Workers, Amazon Workers Strike in Britain and More! wibailoutpeople.org

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-07). Wage Gains at UPS Have Amazon Workers Demanding More. labornotes.org

Paul Craig Roberts (2023-08-07). The Deafening Silence About the Vax. thealtworld.com Here is a small collection of reports from the last day or two documenting the extreme danger of the Covid "vaccine." Independent medical scientists, which means medical scientists not on Big Pharma's payroll, grant list, or subject to control or influence by Big Pharma-associated colleagues, administrators, employers, have proven conclusively that the Covid "vaccine" is far more dangerous than the Covid virus engineered by Tony Fauci's NIH grants to the University of North Carolina and the Wuhan Laboratory in China. | There are various explanations available about who released the Covid virus and where. As best…

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-07). Climate conference slams Labor for supporting fossil fuel industry. greenleft.org.au

Ana Perdigón (2023-08-06). Lula Signs Decree Authorizing Brazil's Purchase of Electricity From Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has signed a decree reopening the country's ability to purchase electricity from Venezuela, a collaborative opportunity that had been suspended during the government of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. | The Brazilian minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira, emphasized the decree's significance, stating that it will facilitate the "execution of contracts aimed at importing clean and renewable energy from Venezuela to Brazil from the Guri hydroelectric plant, which will once again play an important role in guaranteeing cheap and sustainable ene…

Fight Back (2023-08-06). USW Local 4-200 begins ULP strike at Robert Wood Johnson New Brunswick. fightbacknews.org Edison, NJ – Members of United Steelworkers (USW) Local 4-200 began an unfair labor practice (ULP) strike, August 4, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick. | The more than 1700 nurses work throughout the hospital, in many cases providing care for some of the most complex cases in the state. | Their most recent contract expired on June 30, after several months of bargaining. The parties then extended it through July 21. | Workers provided the hospital's management with notice of their intent to strike on July 24. | "Our members remain deeply committed to our patients," said Local 4-200 Pre…

jacobin (2023-08-06). Which Way Forward, Socialist? jacobin.com Democratic Socialist of America members deciding the future of the country's largest socialist organization this weekend.

Ann Brown (2023-08-07). Georgetown Study: Researchers Show Being Born Rich is Better Than Being Smart. moguldom.com This might seem like a no-brainer to some, but a new study found that being born rich is better than being born smart. A recent study by the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) found that being born wealthy is a stronger predictor of adult success in the U.S. than academic excellence. The …

Sam Pizzigati (2023-08-07). Can we measure inequality without tallying the wealth of our wealthy?Ôøº. nationofchange.org Hundreds of prestigious economists don't think so. The World Bank, unfortunately, does.

Charlie Wood, Waging Nonviolence. (2023-08-06). The Climate Movement Has A Recruiting And Retention Problem. popularresistance.org Last year, climate movement colleagues and I engaged in a project to map the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats facing the Australian climate movement. We learned many things, but one of the biggest themes we heard over and again from groups was the challenges they face in recruiting and retaining staff and volunteers with the skills, experience and capacities needed for climate justice work. In fact, this was the top organizational challenge named by groups after financial stability, which is saying something for a heavily under-resourced sector. | So what's behind this challenge with finding and k…

Jake Johnson (2023-08-07). 'Renters are struggling': economists back tenant-led push for federal rent control. nationofchange.org "We have seen corporate landlords—who own a larger share of the rental market than ever before—use inflation as an excuse to hike rents and reap excess profits beyond what should be considered fair and reasonable."

ecns.cn (2023-08-07). Ministry targets grads' sugarcoated job data. ecns.cn The Ministry of Education vowed to crack down on some universities' act of "sugarcoating" or falsifying dissatisfying graduates' employment figures, it said, adding that it has dispatched teams to inspect the work.

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2023-08-07). Will Christina Aguilera, Imagine Dragons cross international picket line? electronicintifada.net US pop stars plan to perform on ruins of ethnically cleansed Palestinian villages.

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-07). AUKUS military integration criticised amid calls for more social spending. greenleft.org.au

monitormag (2023-08-07). Ontario cut real per capita spending by 3.6 per cent last year. monitormag.ca Under the current finance minister, the province has a strong tendency to spend significantly less than it budgets for.

Dave DeCamp (2023-08-06). Poll: Most Americans Oppose More Spending on the Ukraine War. news.antiwar.com The majority of Americans oppose additional spending on the war in Ukraine, according to a CNN poll that was released on Friday. The poll was conducted by SRSR from July 1-31, with a sample size of 1,279 respondents. It found that 55% of the respondents say Congress should not authorize more spending on the war …

ecns.cn (2023-08-07). China, Indonesia release achievements under 'Two Countries, Twin Parks' cooperation. ecns.cn China and Indonesia released high-quality development achievements under "Two Countries, Twin Parks" project at the ASEAN China (Fujian) Cooperation Forum on Trade and Investment held in Fuzhou City, capital of Fujian Province, on Sunday.

Staff (2023-08-07). "It's a Way of Reparations": Why Henrietta Lacks Settlement Matters for Bioethics & Racial Justice. democracynow.org The family of Henrietta Lacks, a Black cancer patient whose cells were taken by Johns Hopkins University Hospital without her consent in 1951, has reached a deal over the unethical use of her cells with pharmaceutical company Thermo Fisher Scientific. Henrietta Lacks's family has denounced the racist medical system that allowed the biotech company to make billions in profit from the "HeLa" cell line, which helped produce remedies for multiple diseases, including the first polio vaccine. Details of the settlement were not made public, but the plaintiffs celebrated the lawsuit's resolution l…

Editor (2023-08-07). The landlords' anti-rent-control argument is pure BS. mronline.org Setting limits on how much landlords can increase rents, as Councilmember Kshama Sawant's legislation would do the moment the unjust state rent control ban is lifted, is a commonsense response to this sick profiteering.

Mark Gruenberg (2023-08-07). Memphis Bakery Workers seek public support for 2-month strike. peoplesworld.org MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Bakery Workers Local 399G members in Memphis, Tenn., forced to strike at the start of June for respect and against their profitable employer's demand for no overtime pay and health care benefit cuts, are going public with their struggle with the firm, International Flavors and Fragrances. The 200 workers, who make soy protein products …

_____ (2023-08-07). The Dialectics of History: Aggression Produces a Reaction of Solidarity. transcend.org 1 Aug 2023 – History is dialectical, as described by Hegel, Marx and Engels. We see this in our times as three policies of aggression have led to the increased solidarity of those who have been attacked.

Editor (2023-08-07). Renewing political Marxism. mronline.org REVIEW OF ISABELLE GARO'S "COMMUNISM AND STRATEGY"

Isaac Nellist, Jacob Andrewartha, Chloe DS (2023-08-06). India: Commemorating poet, writer and revolutionary, Saroj Dutta. greenleft.org.au Members of the All India Students Association and the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) — Liberation (CPIML) gathered in central Kolkata on August 5 to mark 52 years since one of the CPIML's founders and historic leaders, Saroj Dutta, was murdered, report Isaac Nellist, Jacob Andrewartha and Chloe DS.

Drago Bosnic (2023-08-07). Dangerous Crossroads, "Towards Total War"? Supported by US-NATO, Kiev Regime Wages Attacks, Targets "Inside Russian Territory" globalresearch.ca

Drago Bosnic (2023-08-07). Dangerous Crossroads, "Towards Total War"? Supported by US-NATO, Kiev Regime Wages Attacks Inside Russian Territory. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2023-08-07). How Green Is Lab-grown meat? transcend.org 28 Jul 2023 – Synthetic foods are the next generation of ultra-processed foods through the hyper-processing of industrially produced crops, a combination of processed and artificial ingredients produced through synthetic biology and cell-culturing.

WSWS (2023-08-07). Sri Lankan union agrees to government censorship of health employees. wsws.org This censorship is an outright betrayal of the democratic right to freedom of expression, underscoring the role of the trade union as the industrial police for government and corporations.

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-08-07). Second game of Cuban baseball playoffs postponed due to rains. plenglish.com Las Tunas, Cuba, Aug 7 (Prensa Latina) Rains deteriorated the conditions at the Julio Antonio Mella stadium, so the second game of playoffs of the Cuban Baseball Series between Industriales and Las Tunas was postponed on Sunday.

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-08-07). nuestrAmérica: Segundo Congreso Mundial contra el neoliberalismo educativo. indybay.org nuestrAmérica: Segundo Congreso Mundial contra el neoliberalismo educativo | Encuentro en Panamá…

_____ (2023-08-07). The East Is Still Red: Chinese Socialism in the 21st Century. transcend.org 1 Aug 2023 – Western media never stop warning us of China: it menaces Taiwan, threatens its neighbors and shipping lanes in the South China Sea, and sticks military bases on Cuba. It spies on us by the most devious means, through TikTok, Huawei 5G, and weather balloons, and ensnares Africa with debt traps.

ecsorinoco (2023-08-07). The US Plot to Finalize the Theft of Venezuela's Oil. orinocotribune.com The U.S. has used its influence to steal another country's oil revenues. Venezuela is in the crosshairs because it dares to be socialist in the hemisphere the US claims as it's "backyard." | It was always about the oil. United States assertions that the government of elected president Nicolas Maduro was illegitimate were always a ruse needed to get US corporate hands on Venezuela's oil company, CITGO. | All the years of demonization, choosing an "interim president" who addressed Congress and met with US allies around the world, and collusion with corporate media to spread war propaganda, were all part of a bipart…

WSWS (2023-08-07). 78th anniversary of US atomic bombing of Hiroshima: In 2023, socialism or barbarism. wsws.org The 1945 bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki constitute one of the most horrific war crimes ever committed. To this day, only the US government and military, the self-proclaimed leadership of the "free world," have used nuclear weapons.

mforinoco (2023-08-06). China and DPRK Mark 70th Anniversary of Historic Victory Over US Imperialism. orinocotribune.com By Friends of Socialist China — Jul 31, 2023 | The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) organized a number of grand celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of the signing of the armistice agreement on July 27, 1953, that ended just over three years of bitter fighting in the Korean War. Known as the Fatherland Liberation War in the DPRK and as the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea in China, July 27 is considered in both countries as a triumphant day when the two fledgling socialist states scored a historic victory over U.S. imperialism and its satellite forces. | A high-level Chinese party…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-08-07). Iran 1953: MI6 Plots With Islamists To Overthrow Democracy. orinocotribune.com By Mark Curtis — Aug 1, 2023 | Declassified British files highlight a little known aspect of the joint MI6/CIA coup against Iran's democratically elected government in August 1953 — UK covert action in support of leading radical Shia Islamists, the predecessors of Ayatollah Khomeini. | ‚Ä¢ British officials wanted "a non-communist coup d'etat" in Iran to install a "dictator" who would promote UK oil interests | ‚Ä¢ UK and US governments backed Islamist forces to stir up unrest and even considered installing Ayatollah Kashani as a client leader following a coup | In many…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-08-07). Was There Really a Massacre in Tiananmen Square—or Was It an Illusion Fabricated by U.S. Politicians and Corporate Media to Make Americans Hate China? covertactionmagazine.com In 1989, the American public was flooded with iconic images of brave Chinese students standing up to Chinese Communist tanks in Tiananmen Square—students who were then brutally slaughtered by the Chinese military. Or so we were led to believe. But a startling new book reveals that the American public may have been deceived. According to …

thecommunists (2023-08-07). Russia pulls out of phony Ukrainian grain deal, 'turns its face' towards Africa. thecommunists.org In July 2022. it was announced that Russia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Nations had come to an understanding whereby Russia would ensure Ukraine's continued export of grain and fertiliser. At the same time, all restrictions on the export of Russian agricultural products and fertilisers to countries in need would also be lifted. To allow …

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2023-08-06: News Headlines

Dr. Pascal Sacré (2023-08-05). The COVID-19 RT-PCR Test: How to Mislead All Humanity. Using a "Test" To Lock Down Society. globalresearch.ca The misuse of the RT-PCR technique is used as an intentional strategy by some governments, supported by scientific safety councils and by the dominant media, to justify the violation of a large number of constitutional rights, the destruction of the economy with the bankruptcy of entire active sectors of society,…

Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-08-05). Drive To Expand NATO Into Asia May Destroy Western Military Alliance. popularresistance.org Today we are going to continue the discussion we started in the last Geopolitical Economy Hour, entitled "NATO Out of Bounds: War Against Russia, War Against China". | Last time we discussed where the Vilnius Summit had left NATO, and the divisions within the alliance that the summit had exposed; how the proxy war on Russia was faring; and how the Biden project of uniting so-called democracies against so-called autocracies relies so critically on the outcome of this war, which by present indications does not look good for Ukraine, and it does not look good for NATO. | We then went on to discuss how much longer Eu…

Ben Norton (2023-08-05). US/France threaten intervention in resource-rich Niger: Fears of war in West Africa. geopoliticaleconomy.com The US and France have threatened intervention to re-install a pro-Western regime in Niger, which produces uranium needed for nuclear energy, has untapped oil reserves, and hosts strategic US drone bases. This follows coups led by nationalist, anti-colonial military officers in West Africa.

Staff (2023-08-05). US/France threaten intervention in resource-rich Niger — Fears of war in West Africa. geopoliticaleconomy.com The US and France have threatened foreign intervention to re-install a pro-Western regime in Niger. Niger is a major producer of gold and uranium, the latter of which is needed for European nuclear energy. The country has significant oil reserves to which foreign corporations have wanted access. It also hosts large US drone bases. These …

Juliane Schumacher (2023-08-06). When everything tips over. indybay.org So it's high time for the left to break out of its shock paralysis, to start politicizing knowledge again and to develop its own models and approaches that are both bigger and smaller than the warning about the end of humanity. First, by taking into account the economic structures…. And on the other hand, by going into the painstaking, everyday detail work.

Alexander Rubinstein (2023-08-06). From Chi-Town bagman to ECOWAS chairman: meet the former money launderer leading the push to invade Niger. thegrayzone.com Since the overthrow of Niger's US-friendly government, West African nations of the ECOWAS bloc have threatened an invasion of their neighbor. Before leading the charge for intervention, ECOWAS chair Bola Tinubu spent years laundering millions for heroin dealers in Chicago, and has since been ensnared in numerous corruption scandals. Hours after Niger's Western-backed leader was detained by the country's presidential guard on July 28, Nigerian President and chair of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Bola Tinubu leapt …

JANET (2023-08-06). No U.S./French-backed invasion of Niger! iacenter.org August 6, 2023 "When Africa becomes economically free and politically united, the monopolists will come face to face with their own working class in their own countries, and a new struggle will arise within which the liquidation and collapse of imperialism will be complete." — Kwame Nkrumah, Neo-Colonialism, the Last Stage of imperialism Today, Aug. 6, is the deadline issued by the Economic Community Of West African States for the current government of Niger, headed by Abdourahamane Tchiani, to abdicate power or face a possible military intervention by ECOWAS forces. Tchiani came to power through a military…

Staff (2023-08-06). Venezuela's VP Delcy Rodríguez Meets With India's Vice President and Foreign Minister in New Delhi. orinocotribune.com The vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, held a meeting with the vice president of India, Jagdeep Dhankhar, in New Delhi, where they discussed the economic cooperation between the two countries. | The meeting took place on Thursday, August 3, after Rodríguez's participation in the 9th India — Latin America and the Caribbean Conclave in New Delhi, the capital of India. | The Venezuelan vice president posted on the social media X (formerly Twitter) that new growth opportunities for both countries were discussed at the meeting. | H.E. Ms. Delcy Rodríguez, Executive Vice-President of the Bolivarian Repu…

Anonymous103 (2023-08-06). Coup D'Etat In Niger: Africa On Verge Of New War With Deep Geopolitical Effects. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Eleven days have passed since the military coup against the pro-Western government of Mohamed Bazoum, and foreign efforts to thwart the coup d'état and return Bazoum to power continue. At first glance, this coup may not seem so important, but the background and the special value of Niger in Africa show the high importance of the recent events in the country, important events that can ultimately lead to political, military and even economic changes in Africa. | On Wednesday, July 26, Niger…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-08-06). Ultimatum deadline raises questions for Niger. plenglish.com Niamey, Aug 6 (Prensa Latina) No preparations in particular seem to be taking place in the capital of Niger despite the fact that the ultimatum of the Economic Commission of West African States (ECOWAS) for the reinstatement of ousted Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum expires today.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-08-05). Nigeria's Senate Refuses to Support ECOWAS Plan for West-Backed Military Intervention. libya360.wordpress.com Pavan Kulkarni >A day after ECOWAS chiefs of staffs finalized plans for a military intervention, Nigeria's Senate refused to support President Bola Tinubu's proposal to deploy soldiers. Tinubu is the current chair of ECOWAS. Meanwhile, Niger has seen multiple demonstrations in support of the coup that overthrew Mohamed Bazoum The regional bloc, Economic Community of…

Prabhat Patnaik (2023-08-05). The problem with "Universal Basic Income" mronline.org MANY economists have been advocating a universal basic income for India, an idea that was mooted even in the official Economic Survey for 2016-17.

midwesternmarx (2023-08-05). Niger is the fourth country in the Sahel to experience an anti-Western coup By: Vijay Prashad & Kambale Musavuli. midwesternmarx.com The coup in Niger follows coups in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Guinea. Each of these was led by military officers angered by the presence of French and US troops and by economic crises inflicted on their countries At 3 am on July 26, 2023, the presidential guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum in Niamey, the capital of Niger. Troops, led by Brigadier General Abdourahmane Tchiani closed the country's borders and declared a curfew. The coup d'état was immediately …

Editor (2023-08-05). Caitlin Johnstone: Disrupt The Culture Wars. scheerpost.com By Caitlin Johnstone / Substack One of the great challenges faced by westerners who oppose the political status quo today is the way the narrative managers of both mainstream factions continuously divert all political energy away from issues which threaten the interests of the powerful like economic injustice, war, militarism, authoritarianism, corruption, capitalism and ecocide …

Al Jazeera. (2023-08-05). Nigeria: National Strike Underway; President Tinubu Meets With Labor. popularresistance.org Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu met union leaders on the first day of a nationwide strike called by unions to protest against a fuel subsidy removal that has led to higher pump price of petrol, the head of the main labour federation has said. | Since being sworn into office on May 29, President Tinubu has embarked on a series of economic reforms, scrapping the popular but expensive subsidy, which cost $10bn last year, and relaxing the foreign exchange regime. | While the reforms have been welcomed by investors, unions say they have led to soaring costs at a time when Nigerians are already grappling with the highe…

Ilan Pappe, Palestine Chronicle. (2023-08-05). The Collapse Of Israeli Pillars And Opportunities For Palestine. popularresistance.org Israel's legitimacy, in fact, its very viability, rests on two main pillars. | First, the material pillar, which includes its military strength, high-tech capabilities, and a solid economic system. | The above factors enable the state to build a strong network of alliances with countries that would like to benefit from what Israel has to offer: arms, securitization, spyware, high-tech knowledge, and modernized systems of agricultural production. | In return, Israel does not just ask for money but also for support against its eroded international image. | Second, the moral pillar. This aspect was particularly impo…

Anonymous (2023-08-06). Erika Endrijonas Legal Mess Lands In Federal Court. indybay.org Erika Endrijonas may have taken the helm of Santa Barbara City College, but the legal mess she created at Los Angeles Valley College is headed for Federal Court. Local News Black-outs may assuage egos, but they don't serve the community and low-income students.

2023 Lancet Breastfeeding Series Group (2023-08-05). Correspondence] Women and authorship in the Lancet Series on breastfeeding — Authors' reply. thelancet.com As the authors of the 2023 Lancet Series on breastfeeding, we share Mélissa Mialon's view that women should have the central role in matters affecting their human rights and that more work must be done to ensure that women around the world are leading important global health initiatives, Commissions, and research efforts. However, her assertion that the majority of authors of our Series are White men from high-income countries is factually incorrect. More than half (14/25; 56%) of the Series authors are women, and we represent 11 countries across six continents.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-08-05). Poor households in El Salvador with water access problems. plenglish.com Lorena Valle, economist, professor and researcher at the Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas, UCA, said that this problem affects lower income and rural households. | In the country, she said, there are still a significant number of households that have difficulties in accessing water and said that 22 out of every 100 households do not have piped water and, therefore, have to get water from wells, pipes or springs. In three out of 10 low-income households, there are no piped water services, while seven out of 10 Salvadoran women must carry out work related to water collection for household consumption.

San José May Day Coalition (2023-08-06). Thursday 8/31: Reclaiming the Militant Legacy of Labor Day. indybay.org Join Zoom meeting: | us02web.zoom.us/j/81040660090

Labor Video Project (2023-08-06). Namibia Captured By Chinese Capital & Union Busting Drive With George Martin &Hewat Beukes. indybay.org China is the largest exporter of capital in the world and in Namibia Chinese public and private companies have taken over all the uranium and marble mines. According to unionists they are also on a union busting drive to destroy the unions and bring in contract labor.

LaborFest.net (2023-08-06). From East Palestine, Silicon Valley & Hunters Point, Toxins, Workers & Whistleblowers. indybay.org This is a panel on the toxic dangers to workers and the community from East Palestine, Silicon Valley To Hunters Point shipyard.

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-06). Open letter to Labor: Increase the allowance to refugees stranded in Indonesia. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-06). Dying by degrees: Labor's uni review too little too late. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-06). Labor's casual worker reforms need to go further. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-06). Climate conference slams Labor for supporting fossil fuel industry. greenleft.org.au

Ana Perdigón (2023-08-06). Lula Signs Decree Authorizing Brazil's Purchase of Electricity From Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has signed a decree reopening the country's ability to purchase electricity from Venezuela, a collaborative opportunity that had been suspended during the government of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. | The Brazilian minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira, emphasized the decree's significance, stating that it will facilitate the "execution of contracts aimed at importing clean and renewable energy from Venezuela to Brazil from the Guri hydroelectric plant, which will once again play an important role in guaranteeing cheap and sustainable ene…

jacobin (2023-08-06). Which Way Forward, Socialist? jacobin.com Democratic Socialist of America members deciding the future of the country's largest socialist organization this weekend.

JANET (2023-08-05). Heat waves' uncounted death toll on workers. iacenter.org By G. Dunkel July 25, 2023 In most of the United States, bosses forcing workers to labor in deadly heat is totally legal. July 4, 2023, was the hottest day in recorded history. This year, June and July have set and broken records in the United States, with more than 100 million people living under heat advisories for weeks. Thousands joined United Farm Workers to pressure Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign a bill making it easier for farmworkers to vote in union elections, in Sacramento, California on Sept. 28, 2022. (Photo: Richard Thornton) It's not just in the U.S. where heat is raging. Throughout most of the Northern…

Luis Feliz Leon, Labor Notes. (2023-08-05). Wage Gains At UPS Have Amazon Workers Demanding More. popularresistance.org Amazon warehouse worker Paul Blundell has spent the past year talking to his co-workers about how UPS Teamsters were getting organized to strike. So recently, he had big news to share: "A few days before the strike deadline, UPS caved." | "Everybody's jaw dropped" when they heard that night shift workers at the Philly UPS air hub will get an immediate raise to $24.75, Blundell said. "We top out around $20.90 after three years, so UPS is now starting well above that—with raises for the rest of the contract." | UPS part-timers also have low-deductible health insurance coverage with no premiums, and pensions.

krish-rad_ind (2023-08-05). A New Idea for New Union Organizing. inthesetimes.com

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-08-05). Continúa vigilia del Tercer Malón de Paz en Argentina. telesurtv.net El bloque movilizativo se ha pronunciado para que el Congreso elabore y sancione la Ley de Propiedad Comunitaria Indígena.

Sam Knight (2023-08-05). Employer Debt Traps Violate Workers' Rights, Federal Regulators Say. truthout.org Bosses that foist debt on new hires, an increasingly common management practice, appear to be violating their workers' right to organize unions. According to a report published on July 20 by federal regulators, employment agreements that require workers to pay for training if they quit before an arbitrary deadline have the same effect as another type of legally dubious contract. The study… |

WSWS (2023-08-05). Employment report for July shows decline in US job creation under impact of rate hikes. wsws.org The monthly federal jobs report showed that hiring slowed in July, with 187,000 jobs added, falling below economists' projections.

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-06). AUKUS military integration criticised amid calls for more social spending. greenleft.org.au

Andrew Korybko, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-08-05). The West Wants Nigeria To Invade Its Northern Neighbor. popularresistance.org Last week's military coup in Niger could be a game-changer in the New Cold War if the junta cuts off the uranium exports upon which France's nuclear energy industry depends, kicks out its former colonizer's troops from their last regional bastion, and/or requests Russia's "Democratic Security" assistance. Unlike the patriotic military coups in Guinea, Mali, and Burkina Faso, which were condemned by the West but not considered a threat to its neocolonial stranglehold over Africa, the one in Niger is ringing alarm bells. | France and the US strongly condemned this latest regime change, with the first suspending all…

ecns.cn (2023-08-06). Experts dispute nature of U.S. tech-investment curbs. ecns.cn During her visit to Beijing earlier last month and in the weeks that followed, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen defended Washington's trade curbs imposed on security grounds, particularly those limiting U.S. technology investment in China.

F. William Engdahl (2023-08-05). How Blackrock Investment Fund Triggered the Global Energy Crisis. globalresearch.ca The energy crisis is a long-planned strategy of western corporate capital to dismantle industrial economies in the name of a dystopian Green Agenda. That has its roots well before February 2022, when Russia launched its military action in Ukraine.

Ed Grystar, Counter Punch. (2023-08-06). Why Has Progress In The National Single-Payer Movement Stalled? popularresistance.org With the public support for a national single payer system remaining strong and the need greater than ever, why is the movement stalled? What are the key sources of our power? Who are our allies? What can we do and how do we focus our energies to build the power necessary to end profiteering and make health care free at the point of service? | More than a decade after the misnamed Affordable Care Act, (ACA) we still have tens of millions without any coverage while millions more are saddled with high deductible, narrow network "junk health insurance" plans. The pandemic exposed the USA's bankrupt for-profit privat…

midwesternmarx (2023-08-05). Why has the Progress in Building a National Single-Payer Movement Stalled? By: Ed Grystar. midwesternmarx.com ​With the public support for a national single payer system remaining strong and the need greater than ever, why is the movement stalled? What are the key sources of our power? Who are our allies? What can we do and how do we focus our energies to build the power necessary to end profiteering and make health care free at the point of service?More than a decade after the misnamed Affordable Care Act, (ACA) we still have tens of millions without any coverage while millions more are sa …

WSWS (2023-08-05). Wall Street moves to profit from mass layoffs as Yellow prepares to file for bankruptcy. wsws.org Yellow laid off 30,000 workers after failing to satisfy the demands of its creditors.

Isaac Nellist, Jacob Andrewartha, Chloe DS (2023-08-06). India: Commemorating poet, writer and revolutionary, Saroj Dutta. greenleft.org.au Members of the All India Students Association and the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) — Liberation (CPIML) gathered in central Kolkata on August 5 to mark 52 years since one of the CPIML's founders and historic leaders, Saroj Dutta, was murdered, report Isaac Nellist, Jacob Andrewartha and Chloe DS.

teleSUR, yart, JGN (2023-08-06). Conozca cinco datos curiosos sobre Federico Engels. telesurtv.net Federico Engels fue uno de los padres del socialismo científico, también conocido como marxismo, y se destacó como dirigente socialista.

midwesternmarx (2023-08-05). 120 Years of Du Bois's Souls of Black Folk: Education and Progress in "Of the Meaning of Progress." By: Carlos L. Garrido. midwesternmarx.com Aristotle famously starts his Metaphysics with the claim that "all men by nature desire to know."[1] For Dubois, if there are a people in the U.S. who have immaculately embodied this statement, it is black folk. In Black Reconstruction, for instance, Du Bois says that "the eagerness to learn among American Negroes was exceptional in the case of a poor and recently emancipated folk."[2] In The Souls of Black Folk, he highlights "how faithfully, how piteously, …

midwesternmarx (2023-08-05). African nations reject Western hegemony, embrace multipolarity. By: Shabbir Rizvi. midwesternmarx.com ​For centuries, Africa has been subject to hyper-exploitation by the colonial West. From the plunder of resources, the facilitation of multiple waves of the slave trade, and the outright genocide — the cruel subjugation of the continent and its resources has known no bounds. ​To this day, African countries are subjected to exploitation. France imposes a colonial-era tax that ensures Africans live subsistence-level lives while ensnaring state enterprises wi …

midwesternmarx (2023-08-05). Russia helped Africa reach these anti-imperialist victories. The western left was wrong to disavow it. By: Rainer Shea. midwesternmarx.com It's no coincidence that multiple African countries have begun to carry out unprecedented measures towards breaking from neo-colonial control at the same time when American power has been seeing an acceleration in its decline. At a time when we're two decades into the process of realignment of global power which started in the 2000s; where the world's anti-imperialist forces began to regain their strength, while Washington's criminal actions brought upon it compoun …

midwesternmarx (2023-08-05). Burkina Faso's President Traoré Delivers Anti-Imperialist Speech at Russia—Africa Summit. By: Steve Lalla. midwesternmarx.com On the second day of the Russia—Africa summit, the president of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, delivered an anti-imperialist address and employed slogans identified with the Cuban Revolution.​Traoré assumed the presidency on September 30, 2022. At age 35, he is the world's youngest head of state. Traoré has paid homage to Burkinabé socialist revolutionary Thomas Sankara who, in 1983, at age 33, took power in what was then Upper Volta. During hi …

midwesternmarx (2023-08-05). Russia, Donbass, and the reality of the conflict in Ukraine By: Daniel Kovalik. midwesternmarx.com I just returned from my third trip to Russia and my second trip to Donbass (now standing for the republics of Donetsk and Lugansk collectively) in about 8 months. This time, I flew into lovely Tallinn, Estonia, and took what should be about a 6-hour bus ride to St. Petersburg. In the end, the bus trip took me about 12 hours due to a long wait in customs on the Russian side of the border.Having a U.S. passport and trying to pass the frontier from a hostile, NATO country into Russia during …

midwesternmarx (2023-08-05). Neo-compradors: the leftist foot soldiers of Imperialism By: Sammy Ismail. midwesternmarx.com

midwesternmarx (2023-08-05). Nearly 800 Indegenous Brazilians Were Murdered Under Bolsonaro's Rule, Report Shows. By: Robert McKenzie. midwesternmarx.com Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro | AP There were 800 Brazilian indigenous people murdered during the presidency of right-winger Jair Bolsonaro, a new report revealed today.​The report Violence against Indigenous Peoples in Brazil, published by the Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI) said that during Mr. Bolsonaro's time in office, there were 795 cases of homicides against indigenous people throughout the country.The launch of the report at the National Conf …

midwesternmarx (2023-08-05). Escobar: First We Go For Moscow, Then We Take Beijing By: Tyler Durden. midwesternmarx.com The Global Majority is free to choose two different paths to counteract the rabid, cognitive dissonant Straussian neocon psychos in charge of imperial foreign policy; to relentlessly ridicule them, or to work hard on the long and winding road leading to a new multipolar reality.Reality struck deep at the Russia-Africa summit in St. Petersburg, with its astonishing breadth and scope, reflected in the official declaration and key facts such as Russia writing off no less than …

youtube (2023-08-05). Nancy Fraser on capitalism, gender oppression, Marxism, and the post-left populist moment. youtube.com Nancy Fraser's many groundbreaking contributions to Marxism and feminism make her a legendary figure on the left.

WSWS (2023-08-05). The indictment of Trump and the threat of fascism in America. wsws.org Whatever the outcome of the legal proceedings against the ex-president, the drive towards dictatorship and war is rooted in the crisis of American and world capitalism.

Sharmila Devi (2023-08-05). World Report] Israeli doctors vow to continue protests. thelancet.com Medics have promised further industrial action in protest at new legislation that weakens judicial oversight. Sharmila Devi reports.

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-08-06). nuestrAmérica: Segundo Congreso Mundial contra el neoliberalismo educativo. indybay.org nuestrAmérica: Segundo Congreso Mundial contra el neoliberalismo educativo | Encuentro en Panamá…

mforinoco (2023-08-06). China and DPRK Mark 70th Anniversary of Historic Victory Over US Imperialism. orinocotribune.com By Friends of Socialist China — Jul 31, 2023 | The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) organized a number of grand celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of the signing of the armistice agreement on July 27, 1953, that ended just over three years of bitter fighting in the Korean War. Known as the Fatherland Liberation War in the DPRK and as the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea in China, July 27 is considered in both countries as a triumphant day when the two fledgling socialist states scored a historic victory over U.S. imperialism and its satellite forces. | A high-level Chinese party…

Jonathan Rosenblum (2023-08-06). The Landlords' Anti-Rent-Control Argument Is Pure BS. socialistproject.ca

mforinoco (2023-08-06). China and DPRK Mark 70th Anniversary of Historic Victory Over U.S. Imperialism. orinocotribune.com By Friends of Socialist China — Jul 31, 2023 | The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) organized a number of grand celebrations to mark the 70th anniversary of the signing of the armistice agreement on July 27, 1953, that ended just over three years of bitter fighting in the Korean War. Known as the Fatherland Liberation War in the DPRK and as the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea in China, July 27 is considered in both countries as a triumphant day when the two fledgling socialist states scored a historic victory over U.S. imperialism and its satellite forces. | A high-level Chinese party…

JANET (2023-08-05). 'Cuba will never renounce its socialist system of social justice' — Speech by Cuban Ambassador to U.N. iacenter.org By Monica Moorehead August 2, 2023 New York City The following slightly edited talk was given by Ambassador Gerardo Peñalver, the Permanent Representative of Cuba at the United Nations and First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, at a solidarity event held July 29 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the assaults on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Barracks that helped spark the Cuban Revolution, which took power in 1959. Cuban Ambassador to the United Nations, Gerardo Peñalver, July 29, 2023. (WW Photo: Monica Moorehead) The event was held at The Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational…

Margaret Kimberley (2023-08-05). The U.S. plot to finalize the theft of Venezuela's oil. mronline.org The U.S. has used its influence to steal another country's oil revenues. Venezuela is in the crosshairs because it dares to be socialist in the hemisphere the U.S. claims as it's "backyard."

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2023-08-04: News Headlines

Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-08-04). Burkina Faso's New President Condemns Imperialism. popularresistance.org The new president of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, has vowed to fight imperialism and neocolonialism, invoking his country's past revolutionary leader Thomas Sankara and quoting Che Guevara. | The West African nation has also formed close diplomatic ties with the revolutionary governments in Nicaragua, Venezuela, Cuba, and Iran, as well as with NATO's arch-rival Russia. | In January 2022, a group of nationalist military officers in Burkina Faso toppled the president, Roch Kaboré, a wealthy banker who had fostered close ties with the country's former colonizer, France, where he was educated.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-08-04). Controversy persists over the situation of the Peruvian economy. plenglish.com Lima, Aug 4 (Prensa Latina) The exchange of opinions on the Peruvian economic situation continued today, after the area's minister Alex Contreras, projected a positive horizon of reactivation and growth, against various expressions of skepticism.

Dean Baker (2023-08-03). Review of the Myth that Made Us, by Jeff Fuhrer. cepr.net The full title of this book is: The Myth that Made Us, How False Beliefs About Racism and Meritocracy Broke Our Economy and How to Fix It. The book is a direct attack on how economists, and probably most people, are inclined to see the economy and society, arguing against the idea that outcomes reflect …

Dave DeCamp (2023-08-03). Russia's Economy Projected to Grow Despite Western Sanctions. news.antiwar.com The International Monetary Fund has said it expects the Russian economy to grow by 1.5% this year despite the US-led Western sanctions campaign against the country, which President Biden once vowed would "turn the ruble into rubble." The Russian economy shrank by 2.1% last year, but it has bounced back as Russia is adjusting to …

ecns.cn (2023-08-03). Cause of U.S. credit rating downgrade debated. ecns.cn A downgrade of the U.S. government's credit rating sent stocks reeling on Wednesday and elicited finger-pointing over the root cause.

ecns.cn (2023-08-03). China's Finance Ministry announces tax reductions for key groups to boost employment. ecns.cn China's Ministry of Finance and three other departments on Wednesday announced tax reduction for key groups including college graduates and people who just walk out of poverty, in a bid to support entrepreneurship and employment.


Hendrik Sybrandy (2023-08-04). APEC tries to build a more resilient global food system. america.cgtn.com Over two weeks since Russia exited Black Sea grain deal amid the conflict with Ukraine. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation seeks to address food system resilience at its Seattle meetings. See more.

Staff (2023-08-04). Blowback in Africa: U.S.-Trained Officer Overthrows Pro-U.S. Leader in Niger, Site of U.S. Drone Base. democracynow.org Last Wednesday, Nigerien military officers announced they had overthrown President Mohamed Bazoum, a close ally of the United States and France. ECOWAS, an economic bloc of West African countries, has threatened to take military action unless the coup is reversed by Sunday. But the leader of Niger's new military junta has vowed to defy any attempts to restore the former president to power, while Burkina Faso, Mali and Guinea — all, like Niger, former French colonies that have undergone military coups in the past three years — have warned against any foreign intervention in Niger. Meanwhile, Nige…

Abayomi Azikiwe, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-08-04). White House Concerned Over Niger Coup. popularresistance.org A new leader has emerged in the uranium-rich West African state of Niger just two days after the elected head-of-state, President Mohamed Bazoum, was toppled by his special forces. | On July 26, the presidential guard took over the residence of Bazoum and other key government buildings including the national media. | Colonel-Major Amadou Abdramane spoke for the newly established National Council for the Safeguard of our Homeland (CNSP), saying that the president had been detained. Abdramane later claimed that the government had been seized by the presidential guard due to declining security and the economic and s…

Juliane Schumacher (2023-08-04). When everything tips over. indybay.org So it's high time for the left to break out of its shock paralysis, to start politicizing knowledge again and to develop its own models and approaches that are both bigger and smaller than the warning about the end of humanity. First, by taking into account the economic structures…. And on the other hand, by going into the painstaking, everyday detail work.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-08-04). Niger suspends military cooperation with France. plenglish.com The spokesman for the junta, Amadou Abdramane, said in a statement broadcast on television that the security and defense cooperation agreements with France were cancelled, given that country's attitude regarding the situation in Niger. | He also announced a decree declaring the end of the functions of the Nigerian ambassadors in France, the United States, Togo and Nigeria. | Abdramane also condemned the initiative to carry out a military intervention and the announcement of a package of sanctions imposed by organizations such as the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), which issued an ultimatum fo…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-08-04). Bolivia and Venezuela express interest in joining BRICS. peoplesdispatch.org The governments of Bolivian President Luis Arce and Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro have officially applied to join the BRICS economic bloc and contribute in building a multipolar world…


Editor (2023-08-04). U.S. long history of waging wars casts doubt about intent to reduce risk of South China Sea miscalculation. mronline.org During their trips to China, the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reassured Beijing that Washington did not want to contain it economically and that there was "ample room" for engagement with China in trade, investment, and other critical issues, urging closer communication to address disagreements through dialogue.

Staff (2023-08-04). President Maduro Condemns Voice of America's New Smear Campaign. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, has condemned a recent smear campaign orchestrated from the White House through the Voice of America news service that has been targeting the economic growth of Venezuela. | President Maduro pointed out during an address made from Miraflores Palace this Thursday, August 3, that it is a dirty campaign being carried out by the White House and the US State Department alongside "their wimps in Venezuela" who intend to hide the true economic growth of Venezuela in this year 2023 with false narratives. | "I condemn these media campaigns that are undertaken from the White Hous…

teleSUR (2023-08-04). Venezuelan VP Participates in 9th CII India-Lac Conclave Closing. telesurenglish.net On Friday, the Vice President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, participated in the closing session of the IX India-Latin America and the Caribbean Economic Conclave, held for two days in the city of New Delhi. | Related: | In her speech, the vice-president of the South American nation stressed that this bi-regional forum, organized by the Industrial Confederation of India, "is extraordinarily very important". | The Venezuelan…

Umberto Mazzei (2023-08-03). El fracaso de la diplomacia económica de las sanciones. globalizacion.ca La reacción de China a las sanciones que le impuso la Administración de Biden refleja el mayor fracaso que se pueda a imaginar de las varias que pudren la política económica exterior de Estados Unidos. | Esa podredumbre se deriva de…

ecns.cn (2023-08-03). Foreign investors confident in Chinese economic growth. ecns.cn Foreign investors are confident in the outlook of China's economic growth and have eyes on opportunities in the consumption sector, the Securities Daily reported on Thursday.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-08-03). Conflicts, climate crisis aggravate food insecurity — UN. plenglish.com United Nations, Aug 3 (Prensa Latina) Conflicts are key factors in hunger and food insecurity aggravated by climate and economic crises, the UN Famine Prevention and Response Coordinator Reena Ghelani said. She said that while the threat of famine — people starving slowly to death — must be a red line, amid the multiple challenges the world is facing today, the number of people suffering from acute food insecurity reached a quarter billion in 2022 — the highest recorded in recent years.

Editor (2023-08-04). U.S. long history of waging wars casts doubt about intent to reduce risk of South China Sea miscalculation. mronline.org During their trips to China, the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reassured Beijing that Washington did not want to contain it economically and that there was "ample room" for engagement with China in trade, investment, and other critical issues, urging closer communication to address disagreements through dialogue.

Staff (2023-08-04). President Maduro Condemns Voice of America's New Smear Campaign. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, has condemned a recent smear campaign orchestrated from the White House through the Voice of America news service that has been targeting the economic growth of Venezuela. | President Maduro pointed out during an address made from Miraflores Palace this Thursday, August 3, that it is a dirty campaign being carried out by the White House and the US State Department alongside "their wimps in Venezuela" who intend to hide the true economic growth of Venezuela in this year 2023 with false narratives. | "I condemn these media campaigns that are undertaken from the White Hous…

teleSUR (2023-08-04). Venezuelan VP Participates in 9th CII India-Lac Conclave Closing. telesurenglish.net On Friday, the Vice President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, participated in the closing session of the IX India-Latin America and the Caribbean Economic Conclave, held for two days in the city of New Delhi. | Related: | In her speech, the vice-president of the South American nation stressed that this bi-regional forum, organized by the Industrial Confederation of India, "is extraordinarily very important". | The Venezuelan…

Umberto Mazzei (2023-08-03). El fracaso de la diplomacia económica de las sanciones. globalizacion.ca La reacción de China a las sanciones que le impuso la Administración de Biden refleja el mayor fracaso que se pueda a imaginar de las varias que pudren la política económica exterior de Estados Unidos. | Esa podredumbre se deriva de…

ecns.cn (2023-08-03). Foreign investors confident in Chinese economic growth. ecns.cn Foreign investors are confident in the outlook of China's economic growth and have eyes on opportunities in the consumption sector, the Securities Daily reported on Thursday.

Pavel López Lazo (2023-08-03). Conflicts, climate crisis aggravate food insecurity — UN. plenglish.com United Nations, Aug 3 (Prensa Latina) Conflicts are key factors in hunger and food insecurity aggravated by climate and economic crises, the UN Famine Prevention and Response Coordinator Reena Ghelani said. She said that while the threat of famine — people starving slowly to death — must be a red line, amid the multiple challenges the world is facing today, the number of people suffering from acute food insecurity reached a quarter billion in 2022 — the highest recorded in recent years.

Staff (2023-08-03). Burkina Faso & Mali Vow to Defend Niger's New Leadership with Force. orinocotribune.com (OrinocoTribune.com)—Burkina Faso and Mali have declared their willingness to defend Niger with armed force if France, Nigeria, or ECOWAS (the Economic Community of West African States) were to intervene in Niger following the recent change of power. | "Any military intervention against Niger would be tantamount to a declaration of war against Burkina Faso and Mali," read a joint statement issued by Mali and Burkina Faso on Monday, July 31. "Any military intervention against Niger would lead to the withdrawal of Burkina Faso and Mali from ECOWAS, as well as the adoption of self-defense measures in support o…

Vijay Prashad (2023-08-03). Niger is the fourth country in the Sahel to experience an anti-Western coup. mronline.org The coup in Niger follows coups in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Guinea. Each of these was led by military officers angered by the presence of French and U.S. troops and by economic crises inflicted on their countries.

Governments Of Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea, Black Agenda Report. (2023-08-03). African States Support Nigerien Sovereignty. popularresistance.org Reaction to the coup in Niger is a litmus test which determines who is truly supportive of self-determination for African nations. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is urging Nigeria to invade neighboring Niger, which is just what the U.S. and France would like to see happen. But the leaders of Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Mali are standing firm and demanding that the people of Niger, who appear to be supportive of the military involvement in their country, resolve their own conflict without the intervention of imperialist western nations. The leaders of Mali and Burkina Faso announced a joint s…

Vijay Prashad, Kambale Musavuli, People's Dispatch. (2023-08-03). Niger Is The Fourth Country In The Sahel To Have An Anti-Western Coup. popularresistance.org At 3 a.m. on July 26, 2023, the presidential guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum in Niamey, the capital of Niger. Troops, led by Brigadier General Abdourahmane Tchiani closed the country's borders and declared a curfew. The coup d'état was immediately condemned by the Economic Community of West African States, by the African Union, and by the European Union. Both France and the United States—which have military bases in Niger—said that they were watching the situation closely. A tussle between the Army—which claimed to be pro-Bazoum—and the presidential guard threatened the capital, bu…

Prabhat Patnaik (2023-08-03). The poverty of UN poverty estimates. mronline.org ON April 3 this year, the minister of state for planning, Rao Inderjeet Singh, said in the Rajya Sabha that the government had no data after 2011-12 for estimating poverty, and therefore had no idea how many people had been lifted out of poverty since then.

2023 Lancet Breastfeeding Series Group (2023-08-05). Correspondence] Women and authorship in the Lancet Series on breastfeeding — Authors' reply. thelancet.com As the authors of the 2023 Lancet Series on breastfeeding, we share Mélissa Mialon's view that women should have the central role in matters affecting their human rights and that more work must be done to ensure that women around the world are leading important global health initiatives, Commissions, and research efforts. However, her assertion that the majority of authors of our Series are White men from high-income countries is factually incorrect. More than half (14/25; 56%) of the Series authors are women, and we represent 11 countries across six continents.

WSWS (2023-08-04). Italy's Meloni wages war on the poor. wsws.org The cut in the Citizen's Income and the brutal way in which it is being carried out are a deliberate provocation. The government of Giorgia Meloni is showing its true fascist face.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-08-03). Italian left condemns Giorgia Meloni government's decision to cut social welfare for poor families. peoplesdispatch.org The far-right government under Giorgia Meloni has decided to make cuts worth ‚Ǩ2.5 billion (US$ 2.71 billion) by overhauling the social security scheme 'Citizens' Income.' Close to 169,000 families will lose their benefits…

Editor (2023-08-03). Kent councillor suspended from Labour after watching Jeremy Corbyn film. mronline.org COUNCILLOR in Kent has been suspended from the Labour whip after attending a screening of the film exposing the conspiracy behind the removal of Jeremy Corbyn as the party's leader.

Malik Miah (2023-08-03). United States: Child labour and exploitation on the rise. greenleft.org.au The death of a 16-year-old boy at a Wisconsin sawmill occurred as states are loosening 80-year-old child labour laws, aiming to bring in super exploitable child labour, especially in non-unionised industries, reports Malik Miah.

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-04). Climate conference slams Labor for supporting fossil fuel industry. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-04). Dying by degrees: Labor's uni review too little too late. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-04). Labor's casual worker reforms need to go further. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-04). Open letter to Labor: Increase the allowance to refugees stranded in Indonesia. greenleft.org.au

LaborFest.net (2023-08-04). From East Palestine, Silicon Valley & Hunters Point, Toxins, Workers & Whistleblowers. indybay.org This is a panel on the toxic dangers to workers and the community from East Palestine, Silicon Valley To Hunters Point shipyard.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-08-04). FAO works with Cuba to prevent food losses. plenglish.com Havana, Aug 4 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) informed on Friday that it is collaborating with Cuba to prevent and reduce food loss and waste.

Ellen David Friedman, Labor Notes. (2023-08-03). For Open Bargaining, Start Early And Build. popularresistance.org In many unions, ratification of a collective bargaining agreement can leave members alienated and angry. | Sometimes members will be learning about the major features of a tentative deal for the first time. Little time is given to discussion—members are expected to approve what leadership recommends, and officers may get defensive at questions or complaints. In some unions, members know their opinion doesn't matter and may not even bother to vote. | But there's another way to go, to build a powerful, participatory, energized union through the bargaining process: open bargaining.

Hamilton Nolan, In These Times. (2023-08-03). A New Idea For New Union Organizing. popularresistance.org Why is it that unions, the only things that exist to do new union organizing, do not organize enough new union members? Unions will tell you that there are many reasons‚Äâ—‚Äâhostile labor laws, corporate union-busting, difficult political climates. There is some truth to all of these explanations, but they are also a bit like stopping and sitting down while a wild dog is chasing you, because running is tiring. Sure it is, but that's not much consolation when you're dead. There always have been, and always will be, political and corporate forces hostile to unions. That does…

ecns.cn (2023-08-04). Experts: Data rules will help financial sector. ecns.cn China's latest draft data security rules for the financial sector show policymakers' resolve to provide a clear, detailed data security regulatory framework that companies would not perceive as additional compliance burden, experts said on Thursday.

WSWS (2023-08-03). Bank of England raises interest rates, plunging millions into financial distress. wsws.org Britain's central bank and the Sunak government are reliant on the trade union bureaucracy to enforce wage restraint and stifle growing social anger.

WSWS (2023-08-04). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific. wsws.org India: NLC India workers strike for permanent jobs; Sri Lankan health workers protest inferior medicines; Australia: Bulk liquid terminal workers demand higher pay; New Zealand teachers hit with below-inflation wage deal.

noreply (2023-08-03). Some Russian News Outlets… smoothiex12.blogspot.com noticed Immediate issue: US $25 trillion GDP is fiction–most of it is in non-productive services and price of assets inflation. Moreover, as I am on record–even PPP criteria is bogus because it…

Jeff Shantz (2023-08-04). Canada: Rank and file dockworkers stand strong, reject proposed deal in face of threats. greenleft.org.au Rank-and-file members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Canada (ILWU) in British Columbia have voted down an employment agreement foisted on them by a government mediator, reports Jeff Shantz.

Maxximilian Seijo (2023-08-03). Job Guarantee as Historical Struggle with David Stein (NEW TRANSCRIPT!). mronline.org We are excited to rerelease our inaugural episode of Money on the Left alongside a brand new transcript. In our inaugural episode, we consider the recent resurgence of full employment politics in the United States from both a political and historical perspective with historian David Stein (@davidpstein).

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-04). AUKUS military integration criticised amid calls for more social spending. greenleft.org.au

Uriel Araujo (2023-08-04). Fitch Ratings Downgrades U.S.: "Erosion of Governance, Fiscal Mismanagement" Attributable to Debt and War Spending. globalresearch.ca

infobrics (2023-08-04). Fitch ratings downgraded US, projects recession – debt and war spending being key reasons. infobrics.org American fiscal decline and its huge war-fueled debt is part of a larger societal and civilizational crisis.

ecns.cn (2023-08-04). Experts dispute nature of U.S. tech-investment curbs. ecns.cn During her visit to Beijing earlier last month and in the weeks that followed, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen defended Washington's trade curbs imposed on security grounds, particularly those limiting U.S. technology investment in China.

ecns.cn (2023-08-04). City projects improve livelihoods. ecns.cn In more than two years, Chengdu, Sichuan province, has implemented 1,265 projects to improve people's livelihoods, with an investment of nearly 381 billion yuan ($53 billion), according to a news conference with the theme "Happy Chengdu — 10 Major Projects for a Better Life" that was held on the sidelines of the Chengdu FISU World University Games on Wednes…

Ann Brown (2023-08-04). Anti-Affirmative Action Group Sues Venture Capitalist Keshia Knight Pulliam Over Investing in Black Women. moguldom.com Conservative activist Edward Blum, known for opposing affirmative action, has filed a lawsuit against Fearless Fund, an Atlanta-based venture capital firm that supports Black women entrepreneurs. Blum's nonprofit organization, the American Alliance for Equal Rights, claims that Fearless Fund's grant competition, which exclusively targets Black women business owners, violates Section 1981 of the Civil Rights …

cameron orr (2023-08-03). Bringing out the red: what being an EMS worker taught me. cpusa.org When I first started down my path in Emergency Medical Services, I was not a Marxist, however the years of dealing with the unfortunate realities of an uncaring capitalist system that commodifies the public's health and wellbeing changed that. The experiences which unfolded within the walls of ambulances and emergency rooms served as an ideological catalyst, igniting in me a profound realization: the very healthcare system I had dedicated my career to was not one dedicated to saving lives, but one which prioritizes profit above all else. As I reflect on my journey through Emergency Medical Services, I am compe…

WSWS (2023-08-03). 11-year-old Milwaukee boy to be tried as adult in mother's shooting. wsws.org No justice will come from trying a child as an adult; in doing so, it will not address the underlying social and cultural factors and pressures that played their part, namely the glorification of violence, militarism, and profit.

Johanna Kichton (2023-08-03). Homes Guarantee Celebrates Tenant Movement Closing in on Federal Rent Regulation. peoplesaction.org Tenants Organized 2.4K Comments Demanding Federal Rent Control With Support from Leading Economists, Academics, Climate Researchers, and Electeds WASHINGTON, D.C. — People's Action's Homes Guarantee campaign today celebrated the strength of the tenant movement by releasing letters that make clear that federal tenant protections are common-sense policy with broad support from experts and directly impacted …

Kelly Hayes (2023-08-03). AI Won't Overthrow Us, But It Will Optimize the Capitalist Death Machine. truthout.org "How are these tools going to be used to increase the power of employers and of management once again, and to be used against workers," asks Paris Marx. In this episode of "Movement Memos," Marx and host Kelly Hayes break down the hype and potential of artificial intelligence, and what we should really be worried about. Note: This a rush transcript and has been lightly edited for clarity. |

WSWS (2023-08-03). Healthcare workers at Loretto safety-net hospital on Chicago's West Side go on strike. wsws.org Around 200 healthcare workers at Loretto Hospital, a safety-net hospital on Chicago's West Side, went on strike for living wages.

Sharmila Devi (2023-08-05). World Report] Israeli doctors vow to continue protests. thelancet.com Medics have promised further industrial action in protest at new legislation that weakens judicial oversight. Sharmila Devi reports.

Mnar Adley (2023-08-04). MintPress News Is Being Targeted: Join Us in Standing up to the War Machine. mintpressnews.com Stand up for truth. Stand up against war. Today, we invite you to join us in empowering MintPress News, the vanguard of fearless investigative journalism that unearths the hidden web of the military industrial complex.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-08-04). Vicepresidenta de Venezuela participa en clausura de IX Cónclave Económico India-ALC. telesurtv.net La vicemandataria destacó que este foro, organizado por la Confederación Industrial de la India, "es extraordinariamente importante".

Editor (2023-08-03). Artificial Intelligence and the class struggle. mronline.org Since the earliest days of the industrial revolution, workers have fought company owners over their use of automated machinery to step up the pace of exploitation.

Staff (2023-08-03). Venezuela's Vice President Participates in India—Latin America Conclave. orinocotribune.com The vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, arrived in the Republic of India to participate in the Ninth Conclave of the Industrial Confederation of India and Latin America and the Caribbean, to be held in the city of New Delhi. | Upon reaching India this Wednesday, August 2, the vice president was received by the Venezuelan ambassador to India, Capaya Rodríguez González, together with various diplomatic representatives of that nation. | The conclave will be held in th…

reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras (2023-08-04). nuestrAmérica: Segundo Congreso Mundial contra el neoliberalismo educativo. indybay.org nuestrAmérica: Segundo Congreso Mundial contra el neoliberalismo educativo | Encuentro en Panamá…

mforinoco (2023-08-03). Guatemala in Electoral Context 2023. orinocotribune.com By Ollantay Itzamná — Jul 31, 2023 | On August 20, Guatemala will vote for more neoliberalism, more racism, and continued dispossession of indigenous territories. | Last June 25, the general elections were held to elect president and vice-president, 160 deputies to the Congress of the Republic, 20 supranational deputies to the Central American Parliament and 340 municipal governments. | A total of 9.3 million Guatemalans were called to cast their vote both in Guatemala and abroad. Thirty political organizations and 22 presidential candidates participated. Three presidential binomials, under different argumen…

Gar Alperovitz (2023-08-04). They Did it Anyway: The US, the Atomic Bomb and Hiroshima. socialistproject.ca At a time when Americans are reassessing so many painful aspects of our country's past, it is an opportune moment to have an honest conversation about our use of nuclear weapons on

Roger Stoll (2023-08-04). The East is Still Red: Chinese Socialism in the 21st Century by Carlos Martinez (Book Review). orinocotribune.com By Roger Stoll — Aug 1, 2023 | Introduction | Western media never stop warning us of China: it menaces Taiwan, threatens its neighbors and shipping lanes in the South China Sea, and sticks military bases on Cuba. China, we are told, spies on us by the most devious means, through TikTok, Huawei 5G, and weather balloons. And China, say our media, ensnares Africa with debt traps. Meanwhile, the US government and its media-echo decry China's abuses of its own people. China, the US says, has committed "cultural" and literal genocide against Uyghur muslims in Xinjiang. As for the Covid-19 pandemic, the West with w…

Isaac Nellist, Chloe DS (2023-08-03). Green Left News Podcast Ep 17: CFMEU housing plan, Women's World Cup & Russian anti-war socialist arrested. greenleft.org.au Green Left journalists Isaac Nellist and Chloe DS go through the latest news from across the continent and around the world.

SV Democratic Socialists of America (2023-08-03). Monday 8/7: San Jose: Solidarity with Starbucks Workers to Unionize. indybay.org Starbucks – outside store across from SJ City Hall | 181 E. Santa Clara Street | San Jose CA 95112…

thecommunists (2023-08-04). End internment of Irish republicans now. thecommunists.org This article is reproduced from Irish Republican News with thanks. ***** Increasing numbers of Irish republicans are being detained without bail and with little prospect of facing trial. Members of the Soaradh leadership have now endured three years of 'internment by remand'. The party is calling on all republicans and human rights groups to speak …

thecommunists (2023-08-04). Lessons of 1914: Imperialism means war. thecommunists.org This article is based on the presentation made by Comrade Harpal Brar to an international seminar in Brussels to mark the centenary of the start of the first world war. It was later published in the November 2014 issue of Lalkar. Its increasing relevance today in consequence of the conflict in Ukraine has prompted us …

Steve Ellner (2023-08-03). Objective Conditions in Venezuela: Maduro's Defensive Strategy and Contradictions Among the People. orinocotribune.com By Steve Ellner — July 2023 | ABSTRACT: In 2020, the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV) withdrew support for President Nicolás Maduro even though Washington had recently intensified the "war on Venezuela," which included sanctions and military threats. The PCV's decision was in response to Maduro's business-friendly "defensive strategy" in the face of the imperialist aggression, which was more severe than that directed against other progressive Latin American governments, particularly after 2015. Maduro appeared to view the PCV and other critics on the left through the same lenses that he did critics on the…

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2023-08-01: News Headlines

ecns.cn (2023-08-01). Slew of measures unveiled to help boost consumption. ecns.cn China announced a raft of measures on Monday to boost consumption, such as stimulating purchases of new energy vehicles and services, as part of a package of measures to bolster domestic demand and shore up the world's second-largest economy.

ecns.cn (2023-08-01). Germany economy to deteriorate further. ecns.cn Business groups in Germany have urged the government to focus on the economy after new figures showed it has stagnated, and as the International Monetary Fund, or IMF, predicted it could deteriorate further.

ecns.cn (2023-08-01). ASEAN welcomes HK's interest in RCEP: ASEAN secretary-general. ecns.cn ASEAN welcomes the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's interest in participating in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership"ÄÇ…

infobrics (2023-08-01). Venezuela Eyes BRICS Membership to Boost Declining Economy. infobrics.org The BRICS bloc, which comprises the five major emerging national economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, is expected to make a decision on new members at the 15th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg in August…

infobrics (2023-07-31). BRICS Expansion: Implications for Global Economic Balance. infobrics.org The BRICS group (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), which includes the world's largest emerging economies, has been a driving force in restructuring the global economic landscape. Recent talk of BRICS expansion raises serious questions about its impact on the balance of the global economy, given their combined economic power and growing influence…

Vijay Prashad (2023-08-01). Niger is the fourth country in the Sahel to experience an anti-Western coup. peoplesdispatch.org The coup in Niger follows coups in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Guinea. Each of these was led by military officers angered by the presence of French and US troops and by economic crises inflicted on their countries…


Alina Ramos Martin (2023-08-01). Chinese automaker interested in assemblying cars in Ethiopia. plenglish.com The general manager of the Chinese, Jean Cui, expressed his desire to travel to Addis Abbaba to Ethiopian Ambassador in Beijing Tefera Derbew, during a meeting to learn about the investment potential to assemble electrical vehicles, the state television station Fana Broadcasting Corporate reported. | Derbew explained the main reasons why international manufacturers in the sector choose Ethiopia as their main investment destination, considering the growing demand for commercial cars induced by economic growth, and highlighted the government's incentives for assembly. | Cui, in turn, noted the development of the e…

Yasiel Betancourt Clavijo (2023-08-01). Cuban government confirms improvement in energy carriers. plenglish.com Havana, Aug 1 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel headed a key government meeting that noted improvements in the situation of energy carriers and assessed the progress of measures for the socioeconomic development of this Caribbean country.

teleSUR (2023-08-01). President Maduro Confirms Venezuela's Interest in Joining BRICS. telesurenglish.net During the TV program "With Maduro More" broadcast on Monday night, President Nicolas Maduro expressed that Venezuela hopes to join the BRICS, an economic cooperation group led by Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. | RELATED: | The BRICS are "the driving force behind the emergence of the multipolar world," and now that the bloc is considering expanding to give participation to new countries, "Venezuela…

Editor (2023-08-01). Sanctions on China, Export Controls on Rare Earths for the US: Two, It Turns Out, Can Tango. scheerpost.com By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch If Washington intended to bully Beijing economically and indefinitely, July 3 was a rude awakening. That's when China announced export controls on two, vital rare earth metals, germanium and gallium. In and of itself this move clobbers one sector of U.S. industry, such as it is. But even worse is …

Dave DeCamp (2023-07-31). Blinken Backs West African Nations' Threat to Use Force Against Niger Coup. news.antiwar.com Secretary of State Antony Blinken has expressed support for the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) after it threatened to use force against coup leaders in Niger if President Mohamed Bazoum is not reinstated. ECOWAS, a bloc of 15 West African nations, held an extraordinary summit to discuss the coup on Sunday. In a …

Frank Cappello (2023-07-31). üéß LEVER TIME PREMIUM: Why Asset Managers Own The World. levernews.com On this week's bonus episode of Lever Time Premium, exclusively for The Lever's supporting subscribers, David Sirota is joined by political economist and economic geographer Brett Christophers, author of the new book


infobrics (2023-07-31). What Exactly Is the Global South?>. infobrics.org Whereas 'Third World' and 'underdeveloped' convey images of economic powerlessness, that isn't true of the 'Global South'

infobrics (2023-07-31). Europe to face mass recessing worse than in 2008. infobrics.org When it comes Europe's economic woes, it is impossible to separate economics from energy and geopolitics – and even from police investigations, as the Nord Stream sabotage reminds us.

Mark Keenan (2023-07-31). Bankers Rule The Economic World via Debt. globalresearch.ca

Prof. Maurice Okoli (2023-07-31). "Multipolarity and Equality", Russia-Africa Collaboration and the St Petersburg Summit: Time to Act on Multidimensional Economic Initiatives. globalresearch.ca

teleSUR (2023-07-31). Niger: The Ethnic and Economic Background of the Conflict. telesurenglish.net Niger, like many other African countries, is poverty-stricken: poor but rich in uranium. It is a landlocked country that lies in the Sahel, the arid region south of the Sahara that has faced growing insecurity amid the worsening effects of climate change. | Mali and Burkina Faso announce that any military intervention against Niger will be tantamount to a declaration of war. Jul. 31, 2023.

infobrics (2023-08-01). China, Russia and Their BRICS Allies Have a 'Medium to Long Term Ambition' to Create a Dollar Rival As a Currency. infobrics.org The New Development Bank, a financial institution created by the BRICS bloc of emerging markets, doesn't have any immediate plans for the group to create a common currency, its vice president and chief financial officer said…

infobrics (2023-07-31). What Exactly Is the Global South?>. infobrics.org Whereas 'Third World' and 'underdeveloped' convey images of economic powerlessness, that isn't true of the 'Global South'

infobrics (2023-07-31). Europe to face mass recessing worse than in 2008. infobrics.org When it comes Europe's economic woes, it is impossible to separate economics from energy and geopolitics – and even from police investigations, as the Nord Stream sabotage reminds us.

Mark Keenan (2023-07-31). Bankers Rule The Economic World via Debt. globalresearch.ca

Prof. Maurice Okoli (2023-07-31). "Multipolarity and Equality", Russia-Africa Collaboration and the St Petersburg Summit: Time to Act on Multidimensional Economic Initiatives. globalresearch.ca

teleSUR (2023-07-31). Niger: The Ethnic and Economic Background of the Conflict. telesurenglish.net Niger, like many other African countries, is poverty-stricken: poor but rich in uranium. It is a landlocked country that lies in the Sahel, the arid region south of the Sahara that has faced growing insecurity amid the worsening effects of climate change. | Mali and Burkina Faso announce that any military intervention against Niger will be tantamount to a declaration of war. Jul. 31, 2023.

infobrics (2023-08-01). China, Russia and Their BRICS Allies Have a 'Medium to Long Term Ambition' to Create a Dollar Rival As a Currency. infobrics.org The New Development Bank, a financial institution created by the BRICS bloc of emerging markets, doesn't have any immediate plans for the group to create a common currency, its vice president and chief financial officer said…

WSWS (2023-07-31). China's rising youth unemployment portends major social struggles. wsws.org Official figures show the youth unemployment rate is 21.3 percent but in reality it could be more than double this level.

WSWS (2023-07-31). Sri Lankan free trade zone workers protest against new labour laws. wsws.org While workers want to fight to defend their rights, trade union leaders are calling for the establishment of corporatist bodies that will impose the demands of companies and the government.

Eduardo Camín (2023-08-01). La inseguridad laboral, la repetición del capitalismo o la retórica del eterno retorno. globalizacion.ca La reunión de Ministros de Trabajo y Empleo del G20, de la que India fue anfitriona y que tuvo lugar en Indore los días 20 y 21 de julio, se centró en tres temas principales: abordar las carencias mundiales de…

C.J. Polychroniou (2023-08-01). Noam Chomsky on Why This is the Most Dangerous Point in Human History. indybay.org We live in a world facing existential threats while extreme inequality is tearing our societies apart and democracy is in sharp decline. The U.S., meanwhile, is bent on maintaining global hegemony when international collaboration is urgently needed to address the planet's numerous challenges.

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-01). Climate conference slams Labor for supporting fossil fuel industry. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-01). Labor's casual worker reforms need to go further. greenleft.org.au

Labor Video Project (2023-08-01). Stop Burning Us Out & Destroying Our Healthcare! Kaiser SEIU UHW Workers Speak at SF Kaiser. indybay.org San Francisco Kaiser hospital workers protested the dangerous health and safety conditions at the hospital, lack of enforcement of health and safety regulations and blatant union busting by management. Eighty eight thousand workers are negotiating for a new contract.

Labor Video Project (2023-08-01). Starbucks STOP Union Busting! Starbucks Workers National Bus Tour Hits SF. indybay.org Starbucks workers an a bus tour arrived in San Francisco and talked about their conditions and the flagrant union busting by Starbucks.

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-08-01). Five critical lessons from UPS's union workers. nationofchange.org The UPS Teamsters' negotiations with the world's largest delivery company offer the American labor movement lessons in organizing.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-08-01). México apoya negociaciones para paz entre Rusia y Ucrania. telesurtv.net El mandatario mexicano afirmó que de existir voluntad para el acercamiento en favor de una solución pacífica, su Gobierno colaborará en esa tarea.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-08-01). Médicos dominicanos mantienen paro laboral de 12 horas. telesurtv.net El presidente del Colegio Médico Dominicano (CMD), Senén Caba, detalló que la gran mayoría de los médicos han acatado el paro.

teleSUR (2023-08-01). teleSUR and TTT Limited Channel Sign Cooperation Agreement. telesurenglish.net teleSUR, the Latina American communication multi-platform, and TTT limited, the main public television station in Trinidad and Tobago, are pleased to announce a cooperation agreement that will allow the exchange of programs and the transmission of audiovisual material between both platforms. | Related: | This agreement is signed with the objective of strengthening the bonds of friendship and collaboration that wi…

Zane McNeill (2023-08-01). Biden Admin Issues New Protections for Outdoor Workers Amid Deadly Heat Wave. truthout.org The Biden Administration has announced new protections to keep outdoor workers safe from extreme heat, and instructed the Department of Labor to issue a heat hazard alert and increase enforcement of heat-safety violations. "Millions of Americans are currently experiencing the effects of extreme heat, which is growing in intensity, frequency, and duration due to the climate crisis… |

Tanupriya Singh (2023-07-31). Second Russia-Africa Summit ends with commitments towards cooperation across key sectors. peoplesdispatch.org Hosted in St.Petersburg, the two-day summit was attended by delegations from 49 African states. The meeting has produced a 74-point joint declaration for collaboration on matters including security, trade, and the environment…

WSWS (2023-07-31). Automotive News panel: Big Three relying on UAW apparatus to deliver for Wall Street in contract talks. wsws.org In a conversation with labor relations "expert" Art Wheaton, Automotive News writers want to know if Shawn Fain can deliver on demands of auto companies.

ecsorinoco (2023-07-31). An Open Letter to President Lula of Brazil. orinocotribune.com By Fred Morris — Jul 20, 2023 | His Excellency Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil: | On March 17, 2003, I was in your Cabinet as a representative of the National Council of Churches of the United States, asking for your help with the presidents of the non-aligned nations to seek to avoid the war of the United States against Iraq. You received me with a warm embrace, because you remembered my case as a Methodist missionary, collaborator of Dom Hélder Câmara in Recife, kidnapped by the Fourth Army and tortured by the same for 17 days before being expelled from Brazil in 1974. | Unfortunately, Pres…

_____ (2023-07-31). Israel and Ukraine: Zionists and Nazis Collide. transcend.org 24 Jul 2023 – The extraordinary history of Zionist and Nazi collaboration.

SAM (2023-08-01). Can We Measure Inequality Without Tallying the Wealth of Our Wealthy? inequality.org

Caleb Crowder (2023-07-31). Why Not Tax Private Jets Out of Existence? ips-dc.org Is it possible to deter Kim Kardashian The luxury private jet industry not only exploits our planet's precious resources but makes the rest of us subsidize the extravagant lifestyles of the ultra-rich. Jet excess is a dangerous symptom of extreme wealth inequality. As wealth gets more concentrated in the hands of the global billionaire class, there has been a surge in consumer deman…

Ann Brown (2023-07-31). Veteran Wealth Manager Tunde Ogunlana Talks Generational Wealth-Building Through Life Insurance. moguldom.com Meet Tunde Ogunlana. Ogunlana is a veteran wealth manager and financial advisor who also co-hosts a podcast that does deep dives on socially relevant issues. He and his longtime friend James Keys III, founder The Keys Law Firm, PLLC, co-host the podcast "Call It Like I See It." "We had a group text of four …

Jake Johnson (2023-07-31). 'Rigged' US tax code blamed as wealthy see major retirement account gains. nationofchange.org "It is unacceptable that taxpayers are forced to spend billions of dollars subsidizing the retirement accounts of the wealthiest people in America," said Sen. Bernie Sanders.

Manlio Dinucci (2023-07-31). "Russia Starves the World." Italy's Meloni "Confirms It". The Causes of Hunger are Manipulation of Food Prices and Corporate "Land Grabbing" globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-07-31). European powers and ECOWAS threaten military intervention after coup in Niger. wsws.org Behind the threats of the imperialist powers and Niger's former colonial master who has no compunctions about crushing opposition to his rule in the interests of France's financial elite, there is considerable apprehension that the coup will endanger their predatory interests in the region.

infobrics (2023-08-01). US will spend on Ukraine more than it did on Marshall Plan after WWII. infobrics.org Ukraine is already a financial blackhole for the West, as seen by the vast resources poured into the country while recent drone attacks on Russia indicate Ukrainian desperation.

WSWS (2023-08-01). UK education unions end strikes with below-inflation pay deal. wsws.org Of the 6.5 percent deal, news site Schools Week commented, "Schools will be expected to fund 3.5 per cent from their own budgets, with the remaining 3 per cent coming from cuts to the Department for Education's own budget."

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-01). Inflation, wages and cosmetic changes at the RBA. greenleft.org.au

teleSUR (2023-08-01). Ukraine Hires Latin American Mercenaries, Russia Says. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, Sputnik published information according to which Ukraine has hired mercenaries from some 80 countries since the Russian military operation began in 2022. | RELATED: | Among those mercenaries are citizens from Argentina, Colombia, Mexico and Ecuador, according to various reports from the Russian Defense Ministry. | Ukrainian forces resort to the employment of foreign contractors through diplomatic representations abroad, Sputnik said, adding that Kyiv hir…

WSWS (2023-08-01). Spain's acting PSOE-Podemos/Sumar government carries out huge military spending increases. wsws.org The interim PSOE-Podemos/Sumar government's military spending and commitment to the war in Ukraine proves that whatever government is cobbled together over the coming months, imperialist war abroad and class war at home will continue.

ecns.cn (2023-08-01). China, Georgia elevate bilateral ties to strategic partnership. ecns.cn China and Georgia announced the elevation of bilateral ties to a strategic partnership on Monday, pledging to bolster policy coordination and alignment in development plans under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative and promote two-way trade and investment.

Dana Sanchez (2023-07-31). Founder Tells Harlem Capital VC F**k You After Investment Pass: Firm Passes On 99% Of Deals. moguldom.com Henri Pierre-Jacque, one of the most prominent U.S. startup investors, tweeted over the weekend that he "just had a Founder say 'F**k you'" via email after the venture capitalist decided not to invest in the company. While he said he deleted the tweet, Pierre-Jacque wasn't ready to let it go. "Some forget how small this …

Jake Johnson (2023-08-01). After hottest month on record, oil giant BP reports 'hideous' $2.6 billion in profits. nationofchange.org "Leaving this industry with the power to profit without consequence is not only morally abhorrent—it's plainly ludicrous in the face of a climate catastrophe that threatens us all," said one campaigner.

Richard D. Wolff, Counter Punch. (2023-08-01). Why Capitalism Is Leaving The US In Search Of Profit. popularresistance.org Early U.S. capitalism was centered in New England. After some time, the pursuit of profit led many capitalists to leave that area and move production to New York and the mid-Atlantic states. Much of New England was left with abandoned factory buildings and depressed towns evident to this day. Eventually employers moved again, abandoning New York and the mid-Atlantic for the Midwest. The same story kept repeating as capitalism's center relocated to the Far West, the South, and the Southwest. Descriptive terms like "Rust Belt," "deindustrialization," and "manufacturing desert" increasingly applied to ever more port…

Jake Johnson (2023-08-01). BP Reports $2.6 Billion in Profits After Hottest Month on Record. truthout.org The London-based oil giant BP reported second-quarter profits of $2.6 billion on Tuesday and announced a 10% dividend raise for shareholders on the heels of what was likely the hottest month on record — a grim milestone that scientists say was made possible by the burning of fossil fuels. While BP's profits for the second quarter of 2023 were far lower than the massive $8.5… |

William D. Hartung (2023-07-31). "Oppenheimer" Ignores Birth of Nuclear-Industrial Complex — and Its Profiteers. truthout.org Unless you've been hiding under a rock for the past few months, you're undoubtedly aware that award-winning director Christopher Nolan has released a new film about Robert Oppenheimer, known as the "father of the atomic bomb" for leading the group of scientists who created that deadly weapon as part of America's World War II-era Manhattan Project. The film has earned widespread attention… |

Fight Back (2023-08-01). Chicago: Strike for staffing. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – 200 workers at Loretto Hospital on Chicago's West Side walked out of work at 7 a.m. Monday, July 31. | Represented by the Service Employees International Union – Health Care Illinois Indiana (SEIU-HCII), the strikers include patient transporters, certified nursing assistants, respiratory and radiology technicians, and housekeepers. | Workers charged Loretto management of paying some titles $2 per hour less than workers at other West Side safety- net hospitals. They also denounced the hospital because the wages are so low that they have to work extra shifts to make ends meet. Workers pointed out the…

Frank Cappello (2023-07-31). üéß MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: Barbie (w/ Jessie Kahnweiler). levernews.com

_____ (2023-07-31). Reflections on 'Political Capitalism'. transcend.org Jul-Aug 2023 – The debate is an attempt to grapple with a succession of unprecedented crises—and the distinctive political reactions they elicited—in the heartlands of the capitalist system.

WSWS (2023-07-31). Australian union forces through wage-slashing deal for tens of thousands of public sector health workers. wsws.org Almost half of the membership voted to continue industrial action for a pay rise, but the Health Services Union is using the result to ram through real wage cuts.

WSWS (2023-07-31). Communication Workers Union welcomes Martin Seidenberg as Group CEO after betrayal of Royal Mail dispute. wsws.org Ward and Furey greeted Seidenberg's appointment as head of International Distribution Services with the words: "We are absolutely committed to working with the new CEO and improving industrial relations".

Cristen Hemingway Jaynes (2023-08-01). 'An important step forward': deep-sea mining not approved during international talks. nationofchange.org "We cannot and must not embark on a new industrial activity when we are not able to fully measure its consequences and therefore risk irreversible damage to our marine ecosystems."

Industrial Workers of the World (2023-07-31). IWW Workers at Voodoo Doughnuts March on Boss in Portland; Issue Demands. itsgoingdown.org Report from Doughnut Workers United, a part of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), in so-called Portland, Oregon. On July 29th, workers at Voodoo Doughnut Old Town gathered to march on the boss together to address issues that we are all fed up with dealing with. Unfortunately, both managers left the premises before the…

Natalia Marques (2023-07-31). The largest industrial union in the US enters auto industry negotiations with a pledge to take on CEOs. peoplesdispatch.org Union contracts for 144,000 auto workers expire in September, after which they could potentially strike for gains rolled back during deindustrialization…

William Hartung (2023-07-31). Oppenheimer and the Birth of the Nuclear-Industrial Complex. fpif.org Unless you've been hiding under a rock for the past few months, you're undoubtedly aware that award-winning director Christopher Nolan has released a

WSWS (2023-08-01). The Yellow bankruptcy and the US ruling class's war on two fronts. wsws.org While the US government proclaims it will fund the war in Ukraine for "as long as it takes," no resources are supposedly available to prevent tens thousands of working class families from being thrown into destitution in the largest trucking bankruptcy in US history.

WSWS (2023-07-31). The Yellow Corp. bankruptcy: A brutal attack on the working class. wsws.org The fifth largest trucking firm in the United States shut its operations last Friday and laid off 30,000 drivers, yard workers and office staff across the US.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-31). Guatemala in Electoral Context 2023. libya360.wordpress.com Ollantay Itzamná Arévalo and Torres, candidates for the second round of elections On August 20, Guatemala will vote for more neoliberalism, more racism, and continued dispossession of indigenous territories. Last June 25, the general elections were held to elect president and vice-president, 160 deputies to the Congress of the Republic, 20 supranational deputies to the…

greenleft.org.au (2023-08-01). Socialist Alliance: Free Russian anti-war socialist Boris Kagalitsky! greenleft.org.au

Manolo De Los Santos (2023-08-01). Cuba reafirma el socialismo mientras cuenta con su sector privado. peoplesdispatch.org A pesar de la intensificación del bloqueo y de la grave crisis económica, Cuba se mantiene firme en su compromiso de garantizar los derechos de su pueblo.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-08-01). Book Review: The East is Still Red: Chinese Socialism in the 21st Century. libya360.wordpress.com Roger Stoll The East is Still Red: Chinese Socialism in the 21st Century by Carlos Martinez (Praxis Press, 2023, 210 pp.) Introduction Western media never stop warning us of China: it menaces Taiwan, threatens its neighbors and shipping lanes in the South China Sea, and sticks military bases on Cuba. China, we are told, spies…

Mercia Andrews (2023-08-01). Renewing the Left in South Africa: Not Just Doom and Gloom. socialistproject.ca This article seeks to respond to the questions

Fight Back (2023-07-31). Condemn the recent U.S. Congress resolution invoking unconditional support for Israel. fightbacknews.org By Anti-War Work Team of Freedom Road Socialist Organization | The Anti-War Work Team of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) condemns the recent U.S. Congressional resolution invoking unconditional support for Israel. | The resolution follows on the heels of comments made by Progressive Caucus Chairwoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) to a pro-Palestine protest in Chicago earlier this month in which she correctly identified Israel as a racist state and pointed out that the Palestinian people have a right to self-determination. In a bipartisan effort to exonerate Israel of its crimes and to shame those who spea…

Freedom Road Socialist Organization, Fight Back News!. (2023-07-31). Condemn Congress' Resolution Of Unconditional Support For Israel. popularresistance.org The resolution follows on the heels of comments made by Progressive Caucus Chairwoman Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) to a pro-Palestine protest in Chicago earlier this month in which she correctly identified Israel as a racist state and pointed out that the Palestinian people have a right to self-determination. In a bipartisan effort to exonerate Israel of its crimes and to shame those who speak out, the U.S. Congress passed a resolution defending Israel, which was supported by more than 400 Congressional Representatives, including 195 Democrats. | Denial of reality, however, does not change that reality. Israel is not o…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-08-01). China's Army celebrates its 96th anniversary. plenglish.com Defense Minister Li Shangfu congratulated the personnel of the Armed Forces, members of the military police, the reserve force, the militia, veterans, and others. | According to the minister, the military should strengthen the construction of the Communist Party of China, intensify the training of troops and improve combat readiness in the new era. | Li reiterated the willingness to perfect military governance, consolidate strategic capabilities and "unswervingly" advance the cause of national reunification. He also urged meeting the PLA's centenary goals by 2027 and reaching world-class standards. | Chinese Pre…

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2023-07-27: News Headlines

Geo Collective, Grassroots Economic Organizing. (2023-07-27). Economics For Emancipation: Tame, Smash, Escape. popularresistance.org I'm currently the education programs and research manager at the Center for Economic Democracy and we're a movement support organization based in Boston, Massachusetts. Our work focuses mostly on capacity building in the movement, with the goal of democratizing economic power. In terms of what we actually do, what that looks like is organizing and building local coalitions, experimenting and trying to create new models of economic democracy, and also connecting trends locally with national partners to strengthen the broader Solidarity Economy movement. | And ultimately, what we're doing at CED is trying to build…

Staff (2023-07-27). GDP: Soaring Structure Investment Makes Up for Slowing Consumption, as GDP Grows at 2.4 Percent in Q2. cepr.net The economy is growing at a solid sustainable pace, with strong investment growth making up for slower consumption growth. Inflation is slowing and likely to continue to do so.

WSWS (2023-07-27). US Fed lifts interest rates to two-decade high. wsws.org The Fed is trying to tread a fine line as it lifts rates to try to combat the wages struggles of the working class by slowing the economy without lifting them at such a pace as would cause major problems for financial markets.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Xinjiang regional GDP up 5.1%, foreign trade surges 65% in H1. ecns.cn Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region had a remarkable economic performance in the first half of 2023, with regional GDP growing 5.1 percent year-on-year and foreign trade in goods jumping 65.2 percent.

Pepe Escobar (2023-07-26). BRICS Problems, BRI Solutions. orinocotribune.com By Pepe Escobar — Jul 24, 2023 | While the five original BRICS states have their geopolitical differences, they are finding enormous common ground on the geoeconomic front as trade volumes surge and trade routes multiply. | As the BRICS approach the most important summit in their history on August 22-24 in Johannesburg, South Africa, some fundamentals need to be observed. | The top three BRICS cooperation platforms are politics and security, finance and the economy, and culture. So the notion that a new BRICS gold-backed reserve currency will be announced at the South Africa summit is spurious. | What is in…

infobrics (2023-07-26). The BRICS of the Future: Why the Block Is Ascending on the World Stage?>. infobrics.org In the past several years the BRICS have greatly increased their prominence in the global economy as a rising number of developing countries are applying for membership in the block…

ecns.cn (2023-07-26). Entry, residency process for families of foreign executives eased. ecns.cn Recent efforts to improve the business climate for foreign businesses, including measures to facilitate the entry of company executives and their family members, will help China integrate more deeply into the global economy.

teleSUR (2023-07-27). Sany Group Committed to Sustainability in Africa. telesurenglish.net China-Africa economic relations have never been stronger and deeper. Years of hard work have allowed us to build a solid and inclusive cooperation, which in addition to purely economic issues, also includes social, cultural and environmental aspects. | Sany is today a leader in building technology and services for clean energy generation. Jul. 27, 2023.

Mark Niu (2023-07-27). Imagry introduces AI-powered mapless self-driving system. america.cgtn.com Remember all those predictions about everyone owning self-driving cars around now? It hasn't happened. But as Mark Niu reports, artificial intelligence may be giving new momentum to finally making autonomous driving economical and reliable.

Ana Perdigón (2023-07-27). Disagreements over Illegal Sanctions Continue to Divide Venezuela's Opposition. orinocotribune.com The lifting of illegal US and European sanctions against Venezuela has become the new issue in the endless dispute among Venezuelan opposition groups. Businesspeople, economists, and political leaders were engaged in a give and take regarding the lessening or strengthening of the unilateral coercive measures. | After the new president of Fedecámaras, Adán Celis, said that the lifting of the sanctions would allow a more fluid trade and economic recovery, right-wing precandidate to the primaries Andrés Velázquez criticized him. | Celis, the new head of the most prominent business association in Venezuela (Fedecamar…

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-07-27). Taiwan and economic war make tensions between China and US grow. plenglish.com Beijing, Jul 27 (Prensa Latina) China on Thursday expressed its opposition to military exchanges between the United States and Taiwan, which it described as malicious acts that damage China's sovereignty and national security seriously.

Editor (2023-07-27). Is the end of Western financial dominance in Africa on the horizon or will the history of Libya repeat itself? mronline.org Countries across Africa recently took a major step towards economic independence from the West by launching an insurance system that will allow them to conduct inter-state trade without the involvement of the U.S. dollar or other Western currencies. This could have major implications on the development of both African as well as Western economies. However, the Wests response to previous attempts to free Africa from the economic and political dominance of the West, then by Libya, are a source of worry.

WSWS (2023-07-27). 70 years since the end of the Korean War. wsws.org The lessons of the Korean War should not be forgotten. It is a graphic demonstration of the ruthlessness with which US imperialism will pursue its economic and strategic interests with complete disregard for human life and suffering.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Key meeting lays out long-term plan for economic work. ecns.cn Feng Xuming, an economist at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said strengthening counter-cyclical regulation and policy reserves was proposed, which will drive internal economic momentum.

Ahmed Adel (2023-07-26). Germany, France Face Economic Depression, High Energy Costs, Declining Industrial Production, Cheap Russian Energy "Still Off the Table" globalresearch.ca

scorinoco (2023-07-26). Malnutrition: Another Threat to the Future of Syrian Children. orinocotribune.com By Sara Salloum — Jul 23, 2023 | UNICEF confirmed that acute malnutrition among Syrian children is on the rise, as the number of malnourished children aged between 6-59 months has increased by 48% from 2021 to 2022. | The severe nutritional deficiency, which many Syrian families are now suffering from, as a result of the economic blockade imposed on the country, is no longer a secret to anyone. Consequently, the siege has caused a deterioration in the exchange rate of the Syrian pound and an increase in food prices compared with low wages, in addition to the conditions of displacement and the loss of resourc…

infobrics (2023-07-26). Germany, France face new recession but cheap Russian energy still off the table. infobrics.org Sanctions against Russia have boomeranged and affected the EU much worse, bringing to question just how much longer Germany and other countries can maintain this economically suicidal policy.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-26). On second anniversary of 'Presidential coup,' Tunisians resolve to continue resistance. peoplesdispatch.org President Kais Saied, despite enjoying absolute power for the last two years, has done little to improve the economic and social situation as the people struggle with high inflation, poverty, unemployment, and acute shortages of basic food items. Meanwhile, he has concentrated power and repressed opposition…

Staff (2023-07-26). Samidoun joins international fact-finding mission to expose U.S. sanctions against Venezuela. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is participating in the international fact-finding mission in Venezuela launched by the International People's Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades, Coercive Economic Measures, the International Association of Democratic Lawyers and the National Lawyers Guild (U.S.) on the impact of U.S. sanctions and coercive economic measures targeting the people and nation …

Paul Craig Roberts (2023-07-26). America's Deteriorating Economic Performance. thealtworld.com The US military/security complex and its numerous supporters in the House and Senate can't get enough of war. The one they have going in Ukraine has denuded NATO members and the US of weapons and ammunition, thus creating a massive resupply market for US armaments manufacturers. This is great profit news for the merchants of death, but it is a foolish policy to be warring with Russia when we are out of bullets. | Not content with our precarious position, Washington if fomenting war with China. NATO is no longer limited to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It has been expanded to the South Asian Treaty Organ…

teleSUR (2023-07-26). Russia Backs Brazilian Plan to Increase Liquidity at BRICS Bank. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin supported the plans to increase liquidity for the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB), which is part of the economic cooperation bloc led by Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. | RELATED: | "We are aware that the bank's liquidity is on the agenda. There are several ideas… and we will support them," Putin said during his meeting with BRICS NDB President D…

ecns.cn (2023-07-26). China, South Asia ties on upswing. ecns.cn China and South Asia's extensive collaboration and their highly complementary trade structure will be crucial drivers of economic and social development on both sides, Chinese officials said on Tuesday.

Fight Back (2023-07-26). Protesters decry Louisiana Education Superintendent meeting with far-right extremist group. fightbacknews.org Baton Rouge, LA – On July 24, protesters from across Louisiana gathered outside Jones Creek Library in East Baton Rouge Parish. They chanted and waved signs, voicing their opposition to Louisiana Superintendent of Education Cade Brumley's meeting with Moms for Liberty, a far-right national organization identified as an extremist group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. | The demonstrators marched around the library and received supportive honking from passing highway traffic. They chanted "Ban hate, not books!" and "Defend trans youth!" | Moms for Liberty was founded in Florida and was initially focused on suppo…

Shailly Gupta Barnes (2023-07-26). A Bittersweet Milestone for the Anti-Poverty Movement. otherwords.org This summer marked a milestone anniversary in the history of American anti-poverty programs: two years ago, the first monthly payments of the expanded Child Tax Credit went out to millions of households. | The expansion had deep roots in the welfare rights movement, including the powerful organizing of poor mothers and caregivers who insisted for decades that poor and low-income people didn't need to prove their worthiness to receive government assistance. | When the credit went into effect, nearly all families with children in this country started receiving monthly tax credits of up to $300 per child — wit…

Ana Vraƒçar (2023-07-27). Johnson & Johnson's TB drug deal will fail to reach all those in need. peoplesdispatch.org A recent deal struck between Johnson & Johnson and the Global Drug Facility promises improved access to bedaquiline in a number of low income countries, but fails to address structural problems…

teleSUR (2023-07-26). Rich Students Overrepresented in US Elite Private Colleges. telesurenglish.net A study published by Opportunity Insights, a group of researchers and policy analysts at Harvard University, shows that students with parents in the top 1 percent income level are more than twice as likely to attend an elite private university than those from middle-class families with comparable SAT and ACT scores. | RELATED: | The study looked at 12 colleges from the "Ivy League Plus" group, including the eight Ivy League schools, and St…

WSWS (2023-07-27). Sri Lankan government's employment bill aims to abolish workers' basic democratic rights. wsws.org The Wickremesinghe government's new labour laws are in order to impose the International Monetary Fund's austerity program and make workers and the poor pay for the crisis of Sri Lankan capitalism.

Federico Fuentes, Sonny Melencio (2023-07-26). The Philippines: Amid threat of regional war, socialists oppose US militarisation and China's bullying. greenleft.org.au Filipino socialist activist and Party of the Labouring Masses (PLM) chairperson Sonny Melencio speaks with Federico Fuentes about global imperialism and the Filipino left's response to the threat of a US-China war.

LaborFest.net (2023-07-27). Friday 7/28: Photos: 1973 Durban Working Class Uprising against apartheid & 1984 ILWU Boycott Of SA Cargo. indybay.org ILWU Local 10, Henry Scmidt Room, 400 North Point St., SF…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-07-27). Ethiopia and Russia agree to strengthen trade and collaboration. plenglish.com Addis Ababa, Jul 27 (Prensa Latina) Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday agreed to strengthen trade and collaborate in agriculture and manufacture.

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-27). Labor must end immigration detention and offshore processing, protesters say. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-27). Refugee rights rally demands Labor ends cruel temporary visas. greenleft.org.au

WSWS (2023-07-27). Australian Labor government facilitating extradition of former US pilot on frame-up charges. wsws.org Duggan, an Australian citizen, faces extradition and life behind bars in the US for allegedly training Chinese citizens to fly planes more than a decade ago.

Vince Quiles (2023-07-27). Why the UPS-Teamsters showdown proves you should unionize your workplace. therealnews.com Unionizing—it's so hot right now. Whether you're a barista, a warehouse worker, or a package car driver, whether you work in Hollywood or higher education, the voracious corporate greed and exploitation workers across sectors are experiencing, and the wave of militant labor action shaking the US in response, shows why every worker needs to know their rights and why every workplace needs a union. Vince Quiles, lead organizer for Home Depot Workers United at Store 4112 in Philadelphia, breaks down the argument for why you and your coworkers should unionize, and what you can achieve together if you do.

Labor Video Project (2023-07-27). SAG AFTRA Members Picket Netflix HQ-Protest 1 Cent Residuals. indybay.org Dozens of SAG AFTRA strikers picketed the headquarters of Netflix in Los Gatos. Netflix refuses to provide information about the times it streams films to the union and also wants SAG AFTRA and Writers Guild West members to work as gig workers with no healthcare and pensions.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-27). Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic discovery leads to diagnoses of 9 people with rare form of muscular dystrophy. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Nine people around the world who have been living with unexplained, muscular dystrophy-like symptoms may now have an answer for what is causing the progressive muscle weakness in their body's mid-section, arms and legs. In a new discovery, a collaborative team of scientists led by researchers at Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine has pinpointed alterations in a single gene deep inside these people's genetic blueprint as the root cause of their ultra-rare disorder, known as limb-girdle muscular…

Party for Socialism, Liberation (2023-07-26). PSL statement: UPS Teamsters' victory shows how workers can fight and win! liberationnews.org The Teamsters have delivered a powerful lesson for all workers: for organized labor to have real power, the most essential thing is to be prepared to strike…

G. Dunkel (2023-07-26). Heat waves' uncounted death toll on workers. workers.org In most of the United States, bosses forcing workers to labor in deadly heat is totally legal. July 4, 2023, was the hottest day in recorded history. This year, June and July have set and broken records in the United States, with more than 100 million people living under heat . . . |

Keith Brower Brown, Labor Notes. (2023-07-26). As Big Three Auto Contracts Expire: Hurried Line Speeds, Horrible Hours. popularresistance.org David Sandoval remembers when he and his co-workers had a whole 72 seconds to assemble their sections of each seat for the Ford F-150, back when he started at a Michigan parts plant in 2004. | Today, 60 seconds is the deadline managers give each team racing at a dozen stations: to bolt the frame together, lay electronics, add heating and cooling gear, set cushions, and attach trim. Robotic lifting arms help on only one or two steps; handheld tools and elbow grease must do the rest. Each crew is told to clear 680 seats in a 10-hour shift. | That harsh speedup makes it small wonder that repetitive motion injuries a…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-26). Virtual Slave Labor in Congo's Cobalt Mines. libya360.wordpress.com Ann Garrison I spoke to Maurice Carney, Executive Director of Friends of the Congo, about the virtual slave labor in the cobalt mines of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's cobalt mines. AG: Maurice, you and I have talked many times for Black Agenda Report about the wartorn northeastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo…

WSWS (2023-07-26). Germany's Christian Democrat leader moves closer to far-right AfD. wsws.org The Christian Democrats are preparing a new stage in their collaboration with the far-right Alternative for Germany. CDU leader Friedrich Merz is probing the terrain.

C.J. Atkins (2023-07-26). Disco and dictators: Imelda and Ferdinand Marcos overthrown again, this time on Broadway. peoplesworld.org Eva Perón may have long reigned as the "First Lady of Broadway," but Santa Evita better make way because the Philippines' Iron Butterfly is storming the stage in Here Lies Love, which opened July 20 at New York's Broadway Theater. A creative collaboration between singer-songwriter David Byrne and musician Fatboy Slim, the show portrays the …

isabella (2023-07-27). Boston's Wealthy Real Estate Players Avoid Paying their Fair Share. inequality.org

isabella (2023-07-26). OLIGARCH Act Seeks to Combat Extreme Wealth Inequality. inequality.org

infobrics (2023-07-26). Is a Brics Currency a Viable Option?>. infobrics.org Adriaan Pask, chief investment officer at PSG Wealth, explains some of the requirements for a reserve currency and why it's unlikely the US dollar could be dethroned any time soon…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-26). Ndileka Mandela: "Africa Needs Better Leaders" libya360.wordpress.com On the eve of the Russia-Africa Summit, Ndileka Mandela sat down with RT's Moussa Ibrahim to explain why the continent needs leaders of her grandfather's stature now more than ever. Asked why a continent so rich in minerals, resources, and young workers could still find its wealth stripped by foreign interests, Mandela gave a harsh response. "Africa…

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-26). Progressives Unveil Bill to Tax Billionaire Wealth Up to 8 Percent. truthout.org A group of progressive lawmakers in the House have introduced a bill that would levy up to an 8 percent tax on the wealth of the richest Americans, with a goal of combating extreme and growing wealth inequality in the U.S. The bill, dubbed the Oppose Limitless Inequality Growth and Reverse Community Harms (OLIGARCH) Act, would levy a wealth tax on individuals who have at least 1,000… |

Jeff Ernsthausen (2023-07-26). Ultrawealthy Reap Tax Breaks From Private Foundations With Little Public Benefit. truthout.org Once a week, a little past noon on Wednesdays, a line of cars forms outside the wrought-iron gates of the Carolands mansion, 20 miles south of downtown San Francisco. From the entrance, you can see the southeast facade of the 98-room Beaux Arts chateau, which was built a century ago by an heiress to the Pullman railroad-car fortune. Not visible from that vantage point is the stately reflecting… |

ecns.cn (2023-07-26). Luxury market to shine on booming demand from consumers. ecns.cn China's wealthiest continue to drive luxury's revival as two-thirds of the consumers surveyed by Vogue Business and Barclays Research reported spending over 15,000 yuan ($2,075) on luxury fashion products.

teleSUR (2023-07-26). Strike of Hauliers in Haiti Due to Fuel Crisis. telesurenglish.net Popular unrest over fuel prices began this September, when the government announced that prices would rise by more than 100 percent. At that time, there were strong protests that paralyzed most of the services in the country. | Haitian hauliers are demanding a 40 percent reduction in fuel prices. Jul. 26, 2023.

Dana Sanchez (2023-07-26). Hunter Biden Sold Art To DNC Donor: 5 Things To Know About Art Being Used For Money Laundering. moguldom.com In 2021, when a New York art gallery debuted paintings by Hunter Biden with asking prices as high as $500,000, the White House said that buyers' identities were known only to the gallery, not to Hunter Biden himself. Internal documents from Georges Bergès Gallery show Biden sold $1.3 million worth of art. Of that amount, …

ecns.cn (2023-07-26). PV profits surge amid high orders, lower costs. ecns.cn Thanks to rising market demand and lower prices for upstream silicon materials, leading photovoltaic companies are anticipating a doubling of their net profits in the first half, with an increased contribution from exports.

Prof. Maurice Okoli (2023-07-28). BRICS' Financial and Geopolitical Options: The New Development Bank (NDB). Putin Meets Dilma Rousseff in St. Petersburg. globalresearch.ca

Dana Sanchez (2023-07-27). Federal Reserve Pushes Interest Rates Even Higher To 5.5%, Making Debt More Expensive. moguldom.com The Federal Reserve raised interest rates on Wednesday by a quarter of a percentage point to the highest level in more than 22 years in an effort to slow inflation. The central bank's Federal Open Market Committee determines monetary policy and dictates how expensive many forms of consumer debt will be including mortgages, credit cards, auto …

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-27). CFMEU's housing plan deserves support. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-27). CFMEU's housing plan needs support. greenleft.org.au

C.J. Atkins (2023-07-27). Seeking top union rights, Grindr workers hook up with CWA. peoplesworld.org As mass layoffs continue sweeping the tech sector, workers at the gay hookup app Grindr have launched a union, hoping to pre-emptively lock in place rights before their employer can pound them into the ranks of the redundant. Like many companies in the tech sector, Grindr has long stuck to a no-strings-attached, employment-at-will relationship with …

manager (2023-07-26). How Unions Can Use Universal Design to Better Serve Workers with Disabilities. cepr.net As Disability Pride Month draws to a close, today, July 26th marks the 33rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The landmark civil rights legislation set out to prohibit disability-based employment discrimination and to ensure that people with disabilities enjoyed equal access to opportunities and services. While the passage of the ADA represented …

WSWS (2023-07-27). Union-NDP supported Trudeau government waging war on two fronts on behalf of Canadian capital. wsws.org The Trudeau government has expanded Canada's participation in the US-NATO war on Russia and committed to hiking military spending by tens of billions of dollars per year, even as it deploys the repressive powers of the capitalist state to break a militant strike by 7,400 West Coast dockers.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-27). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Effects of hot weather, humidity on blood pressure, heart. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm retired and enjoy spending time outdoors in my garden and kayaking with my family. I have high blood pressure, which has been managed by medication for nearly 10 years. Recently I've noticed that I develop a headache, nausea and sometimes dizziness after a few hours in the heat and sun. What is causing these symptoms? ANSWER: Weather can play a role in triggering certain health problems. High temperatures and high humidity are two…

Jake Johnson (2023-07-27). Shell's Investments in Oil and Gas Projects May Increase by 10 Percent This Year. truthout.org With much of the world reeling from record-shattering heat and devastating wildfires, the London-based oil giant Shell is poised to ramp up its investments in planet-warming fossil fuels after ditching its plan to cut oil production. An analysis released Thursday by the rights group Global Witness estimates that Shell's investments in oil and gas projects are set to surge to around $14.5… |

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). CSRC: Capital market to spur development. ecns.cn Investment, financing and trading will be facilitated to invigorate the Chinese capital market so that it can contribute to the country's high-quality development, the China Securities Regulatory Commission said at a two-day mid-year work conference that ended on Tuesday.

Staff (2023-07-26). Venezuela's Parliament: Europe's Alleged Investment in Latin America Should be Viewed With Caution. orinocotribune.com Following the European Union's announcement that it had approved an alleged investment of ‚Ǩ45 billion in Latin America and the Caribbean, members of Venezuela's National Assembly (AN) expressed their reservations as to the real objective pursued by the European bloc since, among other hypotheses, it was suggested that this would lead to the indebtedness of Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) countries with fewer resources and "tie them up" in the classic style of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). | Another theory suggests that the investment will increase the degree of…

Teresa Bahr (2023-07-26). 3.2 Million Children May Lose Care If Congress Lets Pandemic-Era Funds Expire. truthout.org It is grueling to be forced to choose between work and caring for one's child. Yet this is the position of countless families in communities across the country — and things are about to get worse. On September 30, pandemic-era investments under the American Rescue Plan Act for child care will cease. When this happens, more than 3.2 million children will lose access to child care nationwide. |

WSWS (2023-07-27). A postal worker forced to work in extreme heat dies in Turkey. wsws.org Postal worker Kƒ±rmƒ±zƒ±gàºl's death is one of the latest tragic examples of the dire situation faced by countless workers in many sectors around the world who are forced to work in unsafe conditions for the profit of their employers.

Ann Garrison (2023-07-26). The impending pro-war Democratic Party takeover of Pacifica Radio. mronline.org The largest, most historically influential progressive non-profit radio network in America, Pacifica Radio, faces a takeover attempt by Democratic Party elements. Will Pacifica embrace the pro-war logic it was created to oppose?>

WSWS (2023-07-26). After posting $3.2 billion in quarterly profits, GM execs vow to maintain "cost discipline" against autoworkers. wsws.org The profit report was released as 170,000 autoworkers in the US and Canada, including 55,000 GM workers, face a contract expiration in less than two months.

Jerry Redfern (2023-07-26). Industry wants new pipeline on Navajo land scarred by decades of fossil fuel extraction. nationofchange.org Navajo opponents say it is another way outsiders will profit by harming their environment and health.

ecns.cn (2023-07-26). Tourism operators expect to net profits. ecns.cn Domestic tourism steadily recovered in the first half of the year, with many tourism operators becoming more confident about turning losses into profits.

ecns.cn (2023-07-26). Business magazine releases China 500 companies list. ecns.cn Business magazine Fortunereleased its latest China 500 companies list on Tuesday, with the total revenue and profits of the 500 companies hitting $15 trillion (107 trillion yuan) and $717.1 billion in 2022.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-07-27). 'Where Danger Lies…': The Communal Alternative in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Editorial note: Orinoco Tribune does not generally publish articles that are over two weeks old. However, an exception is being made in this case as the article remains as important today as it was at the time of its publication. | By Chris Gilbert — Jul 1, 2023 | In 2009, the same year that he launched the communal project in Venezuela, Hugo Chávez attended the COP15 climate summit in Copenhagen. He spoke brilliantly there, joking that if the climate were a bank, it would have been rescued already. Riffing on Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, Chávez argued that there was a "specter" haunting the conference an…

Federico Fuentes (2023-07-27). Solidarity needed for Russian anti-war socialist Boris Kagarlitsky. greenleft.org.au Internationally renowned Marxist sociologist and anti-war socialist Boris Kagarlitsky is currently being held in a Russian pre-trial detention centre and faces the possibility of up to 7 years' jail if found guilty of the trumped-up charge of "justifying terrorism". Federico Fuentes reports.

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-26). Sanders, Nearly 180 Democrats Unveil Bill to Raise Minimum Wage to $17. truthout.org Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) introduced a bill on Tuesday to raise the federal minimum wage for the first time in 14 years and end the longest period that the wage hadn't been increased since the minimum wage was established decades ago. The bill would raise the current federal minimum wage by nearly $10 an hour, increasing it from the current level of $7.25 to $17 an hour over the next five… |

WSWS (2023-07-27). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Strikes across Portuguese National Health Service over pay, conditions and staffing including one-day national strike of GPs and pharmacists; electricity workers in Lebanon join indefinite four-month-long public sector pay strike; Nigerian doctors at University College Hospital begin three-week strike over colleagues' wages unpaid for three months…

WSWS (2023-07-27). Anatomy of a sellout: UPS tentative agreement includes two-tier wages for part-timers, freezes to pension contributions for some. wsws.org In the hours after the Teamsters announced its "historic" deal, UPS workers are uncovering massive betrayals in whatever information has been released so far.

Capitalism, Race & Democracy (2023-07-27). Jailed in TX Suffer from Heat-related Illnesses; Justice for Shireen; UC Union Busting. indybay.org On Pacifica's Capitalism, Race & Democracy, Incarcerated People in Texas Suffer from Heat-related Illnesses; Justice for Shireen; Unions call out UC and Netflix; Florida to Teach that African Americans Benefited from Enslavement…

WSWS (2023-07-27). Film and television strikers in Los Angeles are determined to fight: "It's theft. That's what capitalism comes down to." wsws.org Major concerns are being raised by actors and writers on the picket lines pertaining to Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its potential to replace tens of thousands of entertainment workers.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Hanfu sales gaining popularity via livestreaming. ecns.cn At an e-commerce industrial park in Daiji town of Caoxian county, Shandong province on Tuesday, a girl was using a livestreaming platform to promote hanfu— traditional Chinese clothing.

Mnar Adley (2023-07-26). MintPress News Is Being Targeted: Join Us in Standing up to the War Machine. mintpressnews.com Stand up for truth. Stand up against war. Today, we invite you to join us in empowering MintPress News, the vanguard of fearless investigative journalism that unearths the hidden web of the military industrial complex.

Jeff Shantz (2023-07-26). Canada: Dockworkers strike declared illegal, among ominous government moves. greenleft.org.au Dockworkers ended their strike in British Columbia, following a controversial ruling by the Canadian Industrial Relations Board to declare their strike illegal, reports Jeff Shantz.

Anonymous103 (2023-07-26). Military Situation In Ukraine On July 26, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Ukrainian authorities confirmed damage to industrial facilities in the Kharkiv region as a result of strikes of Russian UAVs; | Last night, explosions thundered in the Kherson region; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Stelmakhovka; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Kupyansk; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Terny; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Dibrova; | Russian artillery destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Zhitomir;…

WSWS (2023-07-26). Interview with Germany's Left Party chair: a declaration of political bankruptcy. wsws.org The entire interview clearly established that the Left Party is prepared to enter the government at any time and help implement its policies of war and social devestation.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-26). Peruvians Take Over Lima, Continuing to Pressure Boluarte Coup Regime. libya360.wordpress.com Clau O'Brien Moscoso Seven months in, and in the face of brutal state repression, the people of Peru continue their struggle against the neoliberal dictatorship of the Boluarte coup regime. National Strike, Day 196 On July 19th, over 7 months after the parliamentary coup that ousted President Pedro Castillo, tens of thousands of Peruvians gathered…

Bill Blum (2023-07-26). Unequal Justice: Trump 2024 and the Blueprint to End American Democracy. progressive.org Donald Trump nearly destroyed American democracy in his first term in office. If he is reelected, he plans to try to finish the job. This isn't a matter of speculation; it's a virtual certainty.

Federico Fuentes (2023-07-27). Free Russian anti-war socialist Boris Kagarlitsky! greenleft.org.au

WSWS (2023-07-26). UK jury finds Kevin Spacey not guilty of all charges. wsws.org All the allegations against Spacey tested in court have now failed. The outcomes have vindicated the principled stand taken by the World Socialist Web Site against the #MeToo witch-hunt.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-07-26). Venezuela highlights Cuban people as example of resistance. plenglish.com Caracas, Jul 26 (Prensa Latina) What we have to thank the brother people of Cuba the most is the example of its men and women who never gave up, the first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, highlighted today.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Xi inspects SW China's Sichuan. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, inspected southwest China's Sichuan Province on Tuesday and Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Insights | El Salvador student: The CPC's rural revitalization strategy is admirable. ecns.cn "The principal of the Communist Party of China (CPC) will always be the people of China. That allows for a better understanding and needs of the people." Ana González, an international student from the Republic of El Salvador, shared her views in an interview with China News Network.

ecns.cn (2023-07-27). Xi calls for high-quality development of armed forces with high-level governance. ecns.cn As China's Army Day, which falls on Aug 1, draws close, the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Monday held its seventh group study session on strengthening all-around military governance.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-07-26). The setback can become a victory: Díaz-Canel at the Moncada. plenglish.com Santiago de Cuba, Jul 26 (Prensa Latina) The First Secretary of the Communist Party and Cuban President, Miguel Díaz-Canel, affirmed here today that setbacks can become a victory, closing the commemoration for the 70th anniversary of the assault on the Moncada Barracks.

thecommunists (2023-07-26). Joti Brar: Occupied Korea and the decline of US imperialism. thecommunists.org In this comprehensive interview with Red Star Radio's Alexander Mckay, Comrade Joti Brar reports back from her recent visit to south Korea with the World Anti-imperialist Platform, following a similar interview after her visit to Venezuela. Speaking about the Platform's rally in Gwangju, Joti reflects that this city is the one place in south Korea …

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2023-07-24: News Headlines

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). Measures to bolster private investment. ecns.cn China has unveiled a series of measures to stimulate the vitality of private investment and boost confidence, signaling the country's latest push to bolster the private sector and shore up the world's second-largest economy.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). Internet economy on cusp of expansion. ecns.cn China's sprawling internet economy is entering a new stage of development, as the country takes strides toward building world-leading digital infrastructure and exploring various applications of cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence.

Pepe Escobar (2023-07-24). BRICS problems, BRI solutions. thealtworld.com While the five original BRICS states have their geopolitical differences, they are finding enormous common ground on the geoeconomic front as trade volumes surge and trade routes multiply. | As the BRICS approach the most important summit in their history on August 22-24 in Johannesburg, South Africa, some fundamentals need to be observed. | The top three BRICS cooperation platforms are politics and security, finance and the economy, and culture. So the notion that a new BRICS gold-backed reserve currency will be announced at the South Africa summit is spurious. | What is in progress, as confirmed by BRICS sherpa…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-24). US Grows Tired Of Zelensky, Who Burning Bridges With Europe — Former Pentagon Official. southfront.org Click to see full-size imageAnglo Alliance enables Zelensky's petulant behaviour. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | US officials are growing tired of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky making endless demands for Western support, writes Douglas MacKinnon, a former adviser for policy and communications at the Pentagon, in an op-ed for The Hill. Even without MacKinnon's insight, it is evident that Western leaders are becoming weary of Zelensky's demands, as seen at the rece…

Michael Hudson (2023-07-24). Is the US a Failed State with Michael Hudson. indybay.org It's a failed state because its economy is paralyzed and we're in a debt deflation, an economic polarization, that is just transferring all wealth and income away from labor, away from industry, into really the financial sector and what I call the finance, insurance, and real estate sector.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). Globalization of renminbi to boost stability. ecns.cn The internationalization of the renminbi is gathering momentum, and such a trend will help facilitate China's further opening-up and encourage the country's global trade and investment.


ecns.cn (2023-07-24). Tripartite meeting of central bankers to help East Asian economy. ecns.cn The Central Bank Governors' Meeting of China, Japan and South Korea was held on Sunday in Japan with candid exchange of views on regional economic and financial developments.

_____ (2023-07-24). In Sicily, Top of the Mountain, Watching the New Barbarians. transcend.org 18 Jul 2023 – NATO, already humiliated in Afghanistan, is now being demilitarized, a process running in parallel to the state of the economy prevailing amongst all NATOstan members. War? Against a nuclear, hypersonic superpower? Give us a — Thucydides — break.

teleSUR (2023-07-23). Cuban President Denounces US Blockade's Damage to Economy. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel denounced the U.S. embargo's damage to the island's economy. | RELATED: | Addressing legislators at Cuba's National Assembly of People's Power in Havana, he said that the U.S. embargo is an external factor that harms the economic development of the Caribbean nation. | "This huge external factor gravitates against the country's development," he said, adding that capital…

Staff (2023-07-24). Cop City and the escalating war on environmental defenders. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in In These Times on July 13, 2023. It is shared here with permission. The fight in Atlanta over Cop City, a massive police training facility, has turned into ground zero for overlapping crises facing our country: the climate emergency, vast political and economic inequality, ever-militarizing police forces and systemic racism. If we …

Editor (2023-07-24). The Climate Crisis Is Most Detrimental to the Black Community. scheerpost.com As the only key to being insulated from the worst aspects of climate change in its current form is through financial stability, the economic fragility that has been a hallmark of this community due to systemic racism makes it most susceptible to feeling the effects of climate change more than any other group.

Mauricio Becerra Rebolledo, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-07-24). Lula And Xi Jinping Pave The Way For Trade De-Dollarization. popularresistance.org In September 2006, at the UN General Assembly, the foreign ministers of Brazil, China, Russia and India began to outline what would become a major trade and monetary support agreement. In 2010, during a meeting of the presidents of these countries in Brasilia and a year later in China, what is now known as the BRICS was ratified and began to take shape, with South Africa joining the group. Initially the BRICS countries showed their willingness to engage in closer dialogue with each other, but over the years the agenda began to include broader international cooperation and, above all, economic and financial partne…




ecns.cn (2023-07-24). India rejects BYD's $1 billion factory proposal. ecns.cn India has rejected BYD's proposal to set up a $1 billion factory in the country in partnership with Hyderabad-based Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Ltd, the Economic Times reported on Saturday.

teleSUR (2023-07-24). Tanzania: PM Urges African Women Police Officers To Join Forces. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa urged African women police officers to join forces in fighting crime. | Related: | At the opening of the International Association of Women Police (IAWP) Africa Chapter's training conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's economic hub, Majaliwa called on women police networks in African countries to sharpen their skills in fighting crime. | According to official st…

WSWS (2023-07-24). Fiji government imposes "belt-tightening" austerity budget. wsws.org With Fiji experiencing an unprecedented economic crisis the seven-month-old Rabuka-led government has launched a sweeping attack on living standards.

_____ (2023-07-24). Economics According to the Dharmic Way. transcend.org This is a simple explanation of how we should view economics according to the principles of Vedic Dharma.

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-24). Auto Workers Kick Off Bargaining With 'Members' Handshake'. labornotes.org

Barbara Barrett, In These Times. (2023-07-24). Despite Heat Deaths, Many States Don't Require Water Breaks. popularresistance.org Even as summer temperatures soar and states wrangle with protecting outdoor workers from extreme heat, Texas recently enacted a law that axes city rules mandating water and shade breaks for construction workers. | In state after state, lawmakers and regulators have in recent years declined to require companies to offer their outdoor laborers rest breaks with shade and water. In some cases, legislation failed to gain traction. In others, state regulators decided against action or have taken years to write and release rules. | Heat causes more deaths in the United States each year than any other extreme weather.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). India rejects BYD's $1 billion factory proposal. ecns.cn India has rejected BYD's proposal to set up a $1 billion factory in the country in partnership with Hyderabad-based Megha Engineering and Infrastructure Ltd, the Economic Times reported on Saturday.

teleSUR (2023-07-24). Tanzania: PM Urges African Women Police Officers To Join Forces. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa urged African women police officers to join forces in fighting crime. | Related: | At the opening of the International Association of Women Police (IAWP) Africa Chapter's training conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania's economic hub, Majaliwa called on women police networks in African countries to sharpen their skills in fighting crime. | According to official st…

WSWS (2023-07-24). Fiji government imposes "belt-tightening" austerity budget. wsws.org With Fiji experiencing an unprecedented economic crisis the seven-month-old Rabuka-led government has launched a sweeping attack on living standards.

_____ (2023-07-24). Economics According to the Dharmic Way. transcend.org This is a simple explanation of how we should view economics according to the principles of Vedic Dharma.

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-24). Auto Workers Kick Off Bargaining With 'Members' Handshake'. labornotes.org

Barbara Barrett, In These Times. (2023-07-24). Despite Heat Deaths, Many States Don't Require Water Breaks. popularresistance.org Even as summer temperatures soar and states wrangle with protecting outdoor workers from extreme heat, Texas recently enacted a law that axes city rules mandating water and shade breaks for construction workers. | In state after state, lawmakers and regulators have in recent years declined to require companies to offer their outdoor laborers rest breaks with shade and water. In some cases, legislation failed to gain traction. In others, state regulators decided against action or have taken years to write and release rules. | Heat causes more deaths in the United States each year than any other extreme weather.

Rania Khalek (2023-07-24). Texas 'Death Star' Law Eliminates Water Breaks For Construction Workers. thealtworld.com As Texas sweltered last month under a record-breaking heat wave, the state passed a new law that eliminates mandatory water breaks for construction workers. | Tevita Uhatafe, the 1st Vice President of the Tarrant County Central Labor Council, discusses how HB 2127, which activists are calling "the law that kills", impacts workers across Texas.

Labor Video Project (2023-07-24). SAG AFTRA Members Picket Netflix HQ-Protest 1 Cent Residuals. indybay.org Dozens of SAG AFTRA strikers picketed the headquarters of Netflix in Los Gatos. Netflix refuses to provide information about the times it streams films to the union and also wants SAG AFTRA and Writers Guild West members to work as gig workers with no healthcare and pensions.

Labor Video Project (2023-07-24). UC UAW Workers & Unite Here 11 Strikers Protest Union Busting By UC Bosses At UC Regents. indybay.org Hundreds of UC UAW members and Unite Here Local 11 strikers from Southern California rallied at the UC Regents meeting against the flagrant union busting tactics including felony arrests for chalking at UCSD.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-24). Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic discovery leads to diagnoses of 9 people with rare form of muscular dystrophy. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Nine people around the world who have been living with unexplained, muscular dystrophy-like symptoms may now have an answer for what is causing the progressive muscle weakness in their body's mid-section, arms and legs. In a new discovery, a collaborative team of scientists led by researchers at Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine has pinpointed alterations in a single gene deep inside these people's genetic blueprint as the root cause of their ultra-rare disorder, known as limb-girdle muscular…

Press Associates (2023-07-24). Laborers, Transportation Trades blast Republicans' infrastructure cuts. peoplesworld.org PHILADELPHIA —In just two weeks, thanks to federal infrastructure funds from legislation last year—and coordination by state, federal, and local officials plus round-the-clock work from unionists—the collapsed I-95 bridge in Philadelphia was replaced and reopened, thus solving a major transportation bottleneck in the Northeast U.S. But if the House's ruling Republicans have their way, in …

teleSUR, nama, JCM (2023-07-24). Detienen en Brasil a cómplice en asesinato de Marielle Franco. telesurtv.net El arresto sucede por el acuerdo de colaboración que firmó uno de los autores del homicidio, el expolicía Elcio Queiroz.

WSWS (2023-07-24). Australian government's universities report demands restructuring for big business and war. wsws.org "Courses must be designed with the skills needs of industry in mind," Labor's Accord report insists.

WSWS (2023-07-24). Hot labor summer: Growing strike movement colliding with pro-corporate union bureaucracies. wsws.org A powerful strike movement has begun to emerge in the US and internationally in recent weeks, involving tens of thousands of workers across different industries, coming into headlong conflict with the union apparatuses.

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). Efforts to isolate China put technology leaps at risk, academic says. ecns.cn A Chinese political scholar has raised concerns over the implications of the United States' policy of so-called de-risking for China's technological advancements and international collaboration.

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-24). Labor must end immigration detention and offshore processing, protesters say. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-24). Refugee rights rally demands Labor ends cruel temporary visas. greenleft.org.au

Larry Johnson (2023-07-24). U.S. Secretary of STate Blinken Really is this Out of Touch With Reality. sonar21.com My friend, Andrei Martyanov, published a short piece on Antony Blinken's latest public demonstration of schizophrenia and I want to elaborate on Andrei's astonishment at Blinken's total detachment from reality….

Fight Back (2023-07-23). The Milwaukee Area Labor Council stands in solidarity with Teamsters fighting for a fair contract at UPS. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following resolution passed by the Milwaukee Area Labor Council, AFL-CIO executive board in July 2023. | The collective bargaining agreement representing 340,000 Teamsters at UPS across the country, including Wisconsin Teamsters Local 344, expires at midnight, August 1, 2023. | If UPS Teamsters go on strike, it will be the largest strike against a single business in U.S. history, and the largest strike since the last UPS Teamsters strike in 1997. This is a struggle that will impact every working person in the country. | UPS makes over $13 billion in profits every year on…

Sharon Zhang (2023-07-24). Study: Affirmative Action for the Richest 1 Percent Is Common at Elite Colleges. truthout.org Just weeks after the Supreme Court ruled to end race-based affirmative action in college admissions, a new study suggests that "affirmative action" for the rich is very much alive when wealthy Americans seek acceptance to the most elite colleges in the U.S. According to a study released Monday by Opportunity Insights, a Harvard University-based research group, students from families within the… |

Rhoda Wilson (2023-07-24). Wind turbines are an eyesore, a hazard and an environmental disaster. expose-news.com Wind turbines, once touted by the few wealthy and less populated countries as a clean solution for electricity, are now becoming an eyesore, a hazard, and a significant environmental threat. Will Wind …

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). Realty policies to assuage concerns, boost confidence. ecns.cn China recently extended the timelines for a basket of financial policies supporting the real estate market.

_____ (2023-07-24). Colonialism or Sovereignty? How the Global Financial System Traps Countries in Debt. transcend.org 12 Jul 2023 – Political economists Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, and Ann Pettifor discuss how the international financial system traps Global South countries in debt, reinforcing a neocolonial order.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-23). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2023-07-24). Podcast Ep 80: From NYC to Florida, students fight lobby smears. electronicintifada.net Fatima Mohammed and Ahmad Daraldik stand strong against racist campaigns over their Palestine advocacy.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-24). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Effects of hot weather, humidity on blood pressure, heart. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm retired and enjoy spending time outdoors in my garden and kayaking with my family. I have high blood pressure, which has been managed by medication for nearly 10 years. Recently I've noticed that I develop a headache, nausea and sometimes dizziness after a few hours in the heat and sun. What is causing these symptoms? ANSWER: Weather can play a role in triggering certain health problems. High temperatures and high humidity are two…

ecns.cn (2023-07-24). China unveils measures to boost private investment. ecns.cn China pledged on Monday to boost the private sector with a raft of policy measures designed to stimulate the vitality of private investment and boost confidence.

Editor (2023-07-24). Why Capitalism Is Leaving the US in Search of Profit. scheerpost.com By Richard Wolff / CounterPunch Early U.S. capitalism was centered in New England. After some time, the pursuit of profit led many capitalists to leave that area and move production to New York and the mid-Atlantic states. Much of New England was left with abandoned factory buildings and depressed towns evident to this day. Eventually …

Editor (2023-07-24). Ralph Nader: The Cost of Re-Enforcing Political Monocultures. scheerpost.com By Ralph Nader / Nader.org In nature, monocultures are not so resilient to predators or other ravages that exploit their inherent vulnerabilities. Farmers have known this characteristic of monocultures forever. (Agribusiness doesn't care as much, given its short-term profit outlook.) Democratic voters are at risk from the increasing political monocultures that are weakening resistance to …

Dana Drugmand (2023-07-24). This database exposes the client conflicts of more than 1,500 Big Oil lobbyists. nationofchange.org New group reveals that hundreds of schools, municipalities, nonprofit organizations, and more are paying lobbyists who also represent the fossil fuel industry.

Ann Brown (2023-07-24). Adidas and Ye's Battle Over a $100 Million Marketing Fund. moguldom.com The drama between Kanye West, who is changed his name to Ye, and Adidas continues. Back in October 2022, Adidas ended its highly profitable and long-term partnership with Ye to sell his Yeezy products over remarks he made that were deemed anti-Semetic. Then in May 2023, after losing a whopping $540 million, Adidas said it would …

WSWS (2023-07-23). Striking UK First Manchester bus drivers: Unite union "try and split us, but we've all stuck together so they can't push us around" wsws.org One driver said, "All the big companies made profits over COVID. The government is investing in things we don't need, like going to war. We're in a war here with our circumstances."

Editor (2023-07-24). The revolutionary spirit of the Buddha. mronline.org Marx and Engels both took a surprising interest in the ideas of the great Indian spiritual leader, argues Sean Ledwith.

midwesternmarx (2023-07-23). Western Marxism and the Politics of Abstract Humanism By: Yanis Iqbal. midwesternmarx.com Western Marxism is dominated by the use of empty phrases when the need arises for a practical intervention in the conjuncture. Slavoj Žižek, for instance, has been calling for a "stronger NATO" in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, so that "European unity" can be preserved. The analytical focus is wholly tilted towards ahistorical cultural symbols. For Žižek, a "Eurasian" project is not about the reduction of European count …

midwesternmarx (2023-07-23). The Eco Collapse We Were Warned About Has Begun By: José Seoane. midwesternmarx.com In 2023, different climatic anomalies have been recorded that set new historical records in the tragic progression of climate change at the global level.​Thus, in June, the surface temperature in the North Atlantic reached the maximum increase of 1.3 degrees Celsius with respect to preindustrial values. In a similar direction—although in lower values—the average temperature of the seas at the global level increased. On the other hand, the retraction of Antarctic ice reac …

midwesternmarx (2023-07-23). Hollywood Executives Bring Industry to Halt Rather Than Pay Workers a Fair Price By: Sonali Kolhatkar. midwesternmarx.com Refusing to negotiate better compensation and fair working conditions for actors and writers, major film and television studios are to blame for the work stoppages afflicting their industry. Hollywood has come to a standstill this summer as actors join their writer colleagues on the picket line. The Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) announced that it would be on strike starting July 14, 2023, over negotiations breaking down with t …

Adam Johnson, The Real News Network. (2023-07-24). Chasing Clicks Through Ad Money, Media Does PR For Amazon. popularresistance.org Every year, America's corporate media celebrates the coming of that most sacred and deal-laden of holidays, so-called Amazon "Prime Day." The media fanfare around Prime Day is such a staple that it has become a perennial strategic rallying point for Amazon workers trying to draw attention to Amazon's low wages, unsafe working conditions, and aggressive anti-union corporate culture. These are year-round problems that ramp up to 11 during the taxing and brutal period before, during, and after Prime Day, when workers are pressured into long hours, exposed to high temperatures, and given impossible performance metric…

WSWS (2023-07-24). Australian Pharmaceutical Industries workers' four-week strike shut down with no real wage gains. wsws.org Under the proposed union-management deal, API workers will receive an average nominal wage rise of 4.5 per annum over four years, keeping their wages lower than their counterparts in other warehouses.

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-24). Latin America Again Refuses to Fall In Line With the Collective West on Ukraine, This Time from Brussels. nakedcapitalism.com

infobrics (2023-07-24). The BRICS Dream Towards 2050. infobrics.org The BRIC group thesis, defended in the essay "Dreaming with BRICS: The Road to 2050", held that Brazil, Russia, India and China — South Africa had not yet been accepted — had promoted global capitalism have changed their political systems to adopt…

Jorge Alemán (2023-07-24). Capitalismo invisible/antagonismos borrosos. globalizacion.ca La insistencia en el carácter digital del nuevo capitalismo financiero no es suficiente. Hay una mutación antropológica testimoniada por los 23000 millones de dispositivos conectados a la red. Como bien señala Mauricio Ferraris el siervo de la gleba que trabajaba…

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2023-07-24). There Are Very Few Good Films About War. popularresistance.org Films about war, shorn of the bone crushing fear, the putrid stench of the corpses, the deafening noise of explosions, the constant exhaustion and the nervous anxiety that comes with trying to understand what is happening in the terrifying chaos, are pale and inadequate reflections of the vast enterprise of industrial slaughter. And these are the good films, of which there are only a few. | Most feature war films and documentaries, from The Sands of Iwo Jima to Saving Private Ryan, are war pornography. They romanticize those wielding the terrible instruments of death. They justify the unjustifiable. They pay homa…

Anonymous103 (2023-07-24). Ukraine Is Ammunition-Starved, And The West Simply Cannot Keep Up With Its Pledges. southfront.org Illustrative ImageThe current state of affairs, with a Western deindustrializations crisis, makes it very difficult for the West to pursue its proxy attrition war: it simply cannot produce all the weapons it promises to give Ukraine. | Written by Uriel Araujo, researcher with a focus on international and ethnic conflicts | While Western discussions have focused on sending sophisticated weapons to Kiev, Hal Brands, a Henry Kissinger Distinguished Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International…

_____ (2023-07-24). From Enlightenment Corruption to Cybernetics Fusion. transcend.org 18 Jul 2023 – We are told that we are living through the "Fourth Industrial Revolution". In this period humans will merge with the machines engineered by social engineers and will be part of a new "organism." This new species of "transhuman" will be liberated from all outdated ideas of Soul, morality, freedom, free will or any relationship with the Divine.

teleSUR (2023-07-24). The King of Spain to Call Consultations to Form a Government. telesurenglish.net Due to the political deadlock caused by the general elections, King Felipe VI will initiate a round of consultations with the Spanish parties to form a government after August 17. | RELATED: | On Sunday, the Popular Party (PP) and the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) did not obtain the necessary majority to govern. They need support from other political organizations, which seems unlikely to be achieved. | According to the Spani…

WSWS (2023-07-24). Spain in election limbo after right-wing Popular Party and far-right Vox fail to secure majority to govern. wsws.org Calls for "Unity against fascism" will be used as a weapon against the working class, to try and blackmail workers into uniting behind a renewed Socialist Party-Sumar government to try and stifle a movement to the left that has seen an eruption of struggles against their pro-war and austerity policies.

WSWS (2023-07-24). Workers speak out: Actors and writers, UPS workers, and autoworkers across the US. wsws.org We are posting here a roundup of video comments from actors and writers, UPS workers and autoworkers that appeared on the World Socialist Web Site in the last week.

WSWS (2023-07-24). Stop the censorship of socialist students at Macquarie University! wsws.org The IYSSE is being targeted because it "is the only organization that advances a genuine anti-war perspective based on the unification of the international working class against the capitalist nation-state system."

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-24). Venezuela to overcome with Simón Bolívar, says Diosdado Cabello. plenglish.com Caracas, Jul 24 (Prensa Latina) The first Vice President of the United Socialist Party (PSUV) Diosdado Cabello on Monday claimed the Venezuelan people will win alongside Simón Bolívar.

Alina Ramos Martin (2023-07-24). Venezuela ratifies unrenounceable defense of Palestine's cause. plenglish.com Caracas, Jul 24 (Prensa Latina) The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) on Monday ratified the stance of the Government of Nicolás Maduro regarding the unrenounceable defense of the Palestinian people's cause.

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-24). Ecosocialism needed in the age of climate emergency. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-24). Videos from Ecosocialism 2023. greenleft.org.au

teleSUR (2023-07-23). Spain's General Elections: PP Fails to Obtain Absolute Majority. telesurenglish.net With 99.23 percent of the votes counted for Sunday's general elections in Spain, the PP wins the elections but does not have an absolute majority; the PSOE holds on with a narrow margin. | RELATED: | The Popular Party is the party that obtains the most deputies, with 32.84 % of the votes (136 seats out of the 350 that make up the Congress of Deputies), while the Socialist Party practically equals it in votes with 31.81 % of th…

Fight Back (2023-07-23). Milwaukee Anti-War Committee rallies against the Milwaukee Air & Water Show. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On Saturday, July 22, activists and community members united at The Calling sculpture in downtown Milwaukee to protest the annual Milwaukee Air & Water Show. The rally was organized by the Milwaukee Anti-War Committee (MAC) to demonstrate that the show is not a harmless family event as it is often portrayed, but a celebration of U.S. militarism and a polarizing affair for the city. | Members from Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO), Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (MAARPR), and Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) came together with the community to demand an…

thecommunists (2023-07-24). Seven decades of US imperialist interference in Ukraine. thecommunists.org This short video gives a quick run-down of the divide in Ukraine between the east and the west that has been fuelled in order to lay the groundwork for today's war against Russia on Ukrainian soil. A divide known to, studied, and exploited by the USA and its Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) since at least …

Taroa Zúñiga Silva (2023-07-24). In Chile, having a good constitution doesn't guarantee social change. greenleft.org.au Bárbara Navarrete, newly-elected secretary general of the Communist Youth of Chile speaks to Taroa Zúñiga Silva.

scorinoco (2023-07-24). President of Cuba: Solidarity Remains an Indestructible Weapon of Struggle and a Message of Peace. orinocotribune.com The following is the English translation of the speech delivered by Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, first secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and president of the Republic of Cuba, at the People's Summit Solidarity Festival, in Brussels, Belgium, on July 17, 2023 (stenographic version from the Presidency of Cuba). | Brother Centella; | Brother Manu; | Sisters and brothers from Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe; | Comrades who fight for social justice (Applause): | I was told that someone was asking if we were going to be at this event, and we ask you: do you think we would ha…

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2023-07-23: News Headlines

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Tripartite meeting of central bankers to help East Asian economy. ecns.cn The Central Bank Governors' Meeting of China, Japan and South Korea was held on Sunday in Japan with candid exchange of views on regional economic and financial developments.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Globalization of renminbi to boost stability. ecns.cn The internationalization of the renminbi is gathering momentum, and such a trend will help facilitate China's further opening-up and encourage the country's global trade and investment.

Michael Hudson (2023-07-23). Is the US a Failed State with Michael Hudson. indybay.org It's a failed state because its economy is paralyzed and we're in a debt deflation, an economic polarization, that is just transferring all wealth and income away from labor, away from industry, into really the financial sector and what I call the finance, insurance, and real estate sector.

teleSUR (2023-07-23). Cuban President Denounces US Blockade's Damage to Economy. telesurenglish.net On Saturday, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel denounced the U.S. embargo's damage to the island's economy. | RELATED: | Addressing legislators at Cuba's National Assembly of People's Power in Havana, he said that the U.S. embargo is an external factor that harms the economic development of the Caribbean nation. | "This huge external factor gravitates against the country's development," he said, adding that capital…

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Insights | CPC never forgets its main mission to serve people: Italian expert. ecns.cn The Communist Party of China (CPC) has never forgotten its main mission, which is to serve the people and their interests. The distinctive model of the socialist market economy has tried to combine private profits and common prosperity, productivity and welfare, merit and social demand, something even impossible to think of nowadays in the West.

Oleg Nesterenko (2023-07-22). "The war in Ukraine is a war for the dollar" – part 2. indybay.org Moscow has really threatened the U.S. dollar on the international stage, and with it the entire U.S. economy behind it. Since Putin took office, well before 2021 and even before the anti-Russian coup in Ukraine in 2014, Russia, a leading energy power, has begun the process of liquidating U.S. dollar-denominated bonds. Russia halved the number of U.S. bonds it held.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Chinese, Ukrainian commerce officials eye deepening economic cooperation, expanding imports. ecns.cn China's Vice Minister of Commerce and Deputy International Trade Representative Ling Ji met with Deputy Minister for Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine Taras Kachka in Beijing on Thursday.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-22). Biggest Lie in World History: There Never Was A Pandemic. The Data Base is Flawed. The Covid Mandates including the Vaccine are Invalid. globalresearch.ca Fake science was supportive of this devastating agenda. The lies were sustained by a massive media disinformation campaign. The historic March 11, 2020 lockdown triggered economic and social chaos Worldwide. It was an act of "economic warfare": a war against humanity.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-07-22). Liberal Democracy: Africans Can Survive, Not Thrive. libya360.wordpress.com Lonzen Rugira The first sign of the liberal scam was the promotion of democracy that was primarily responsive to markets rather than to people Liberal democracy was sold to Africa as a cure-all against its turbulent decades of post colonial misrule, a magic wand that that would, in tandem with economic liberalization, also serve as…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-07-22). In Latin America and Asia, Canada Supports the US Government's New Cold War. orinocotribune.com By Owen Schalk — Jul 18, 2023 | Washington and Ottawa are openly challenging the economic influence of their geopolitical competitors around the world | Over the past few weeks, two events have occurred that seem unrelated, but are deeply interconnected. | First, the US government dispatched roughly 1,000 military personnel to Peru to participate in a joint military exercise between June and August. Their arrival coincides with the return of pro-democracy protests aimed at applying pressure to the unelected right-wing government of Dina Boluarte (who took power after elected President Pedro Castillo's remova…

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-07-22). China prepares national census to improve macroeconomic governance. plenglish.com Beijing, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) China will conduct its fifth national economic census next August to obtain scientific and accurate information to improve macroeconomic governance, local press reported today.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Guidance greeted as stimulative for entrepreneurs. ecns.cn China's latest guidance to drive the development of the private sector will boost confidence among private enterprises, allowing them to make more innovations and stimulate market vitality for greater economic growth.

Sara E Boyd, Scott J C Pallett, Luke S P Moore (2023-07-22). Correspondence] Orthopaedic preparedness for disasters must extend to infection surveillance. thelancet.com We read with interest the work of Hamaiyal Sana and colleagues who highlight the unique surgical requirements and barriers to quality provision of orthopaedic care in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) during disaster situations.1 Development of the suggested collaborative framework has merit, but preparedness stretches beyond adequacy of surgical equipment and must consider the entire care pathway. Disaster situations are associated with considerable disruption to diagnostic microbiology laboratory infrastructure, exacerbating limited capacity in many LMICs.

Labor Video Project (2023-07-23). SAG AFTRA Members Picket Netflix HQ-Protest 1 Cent Residuals. indybay.org Dozens of SAG AFTRA strikers picketed the headquarters of Netflix in Los Gatos. Netflix refuses to provide information about the times it streams films to the union and also wants SAG AFTRA and Writers Guild West members to work as gig workers with no healthcare and pensions.

Labor Video Project (2023-07-23). UC UAW Workers & Unite Here 11 Strikers Protest Union Busting By UC Bosses At UC Regents. indybay.org Hundreds of UC UAW members and Unite Here Local 11 strikers from Southern California rallied at the UC Regents meeting against the flagrant union busting tactics including felony arrests for chalking at UCSD.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-23). Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic discovery leads to diagnoses of 9 people with rare form of muscular dystrophy. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Nine people around the world who have been living with unexplained, muscular dystrophy-like symptoms may now have an answer for what is causing the progressive muscle weakness in their body's mid-section, arms and legs. In a new discovery, a collaborative team of scientists led by researchers at Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine has pinpointed alterations in a single gene deep inside these people's genetic blueprint as the root cause of their ultra-rare disorder, known as limb-girdle muscular…

WorkWeek (2023-07-23). Tuesday 7/18: Labor Report on Argentina With High School Teacher Luciana Alterleib, member of ADEMYS tra. indybay.org Labor Report on Argentina With High School Teacher Luciana Alterleib, member of ADEMYS trade union and a member of the workers organization Tribuna Docente, Partido Obrero in the Left Workers Front in Argentina…

Zach Patnoe (2023-07-22). Wisconsin Teen Killed in Sawmill Amid National Push to Expand Child Labor. liberationnews.org Amid the ongoing push to expand child labor across the nation, 16-year-old Michael Schuls was tragically killed while working at a sawmill in northern Wisconsin. Florence Hardwoods had illegally employed the teen despite Wisconsin state law prohibiting minors from all occupations in logging and sawmills.

Dan DiMaggio, Courtney Smith, Labor Notes. (2023-07-22). Auto Workers Kick Off Bargaining With 'Members' Handshake'. popularresistance.org Bargaining between the United Auto Workers and Big 3 automakers is looking very different this year. | New UAW leaders ditched the public handshake ceremony with company executives that has traditionally kicked off bargaining. "I'm not shaking hands with any CEOs until they do right by our members," said President Shawn Fain in a Facebook live talk July 11. | Instead, officers—recently elected on promises of greater transparency and militancy, in the union's first-ever direct election for top posts—established what could become a new tradition: "the Members' Handshake." Fain and other executive board…

mforinoco (2023-07-22). BP Financed Colombian Military. orinocotribune.com By John McEvoy — Jul 19, 2023 | Documents reveal how the oil company offered to finance Bogota's military as it was killing opponents during the 1990s and collaborated with a general accused of kidnap, torture and murder, John McEvoy reports. | BP offered to aid Colombia's "national defence activities" when the country had the worst human rights record in the Western hemisphere | Foreign Office promised to "do anything we could to help BP operate smoothly in Colombia" | Colombian trade unionist who holds BP partly responsible for his kidnapping and torture tells Declassified he hopes "BP will be judged for i…

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). TSMC delays chip production at Arizona plant. ecns.cn Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) — the world's largest chipmaker — will delay mass production of chips at its new Arizona-based chip plant until 2025 due to a shortage of skilled labor.

F. William Engdahl (2023-07-22). Global Planned Financial Tsunami Has Just Begun. globalresearch.ca Green Energy mandates are driving this inflation crisis: global shortages of fertilizers, soaring prices of natural gas, grain supply losses, coupled with the global snowballing of defaults, bankruptcies, amid a soaring inflation.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-23). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.

Tatyana Tandanpolie (2023-07-22). Trump Campaign Reportedly Spending Over Half of Recent Donations on Legal Bills. truthout.org As former President Donald Trump's legal woes mount, the line between his criminal defense and his 2024 presidential campaign is blurring, a political and financial muddying that The Washington Post projects will only worsen as multiple prosecutions continues to dominate his time, resources and messaging. Trump's appeals to stay out of prison on social media, in rally speeches and in interviews… |

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-23). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Effects of hot weather, humidity on blood pressure, heart. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm retired and enjoy spending time outdoors in my garden and kayaking with my family. I have high blood pressure, which has been managed by medication for nearly 10 years. Recently I've noticed that I develop a headache, nausea and sometimes dizziness after a few hours in the heat and sun. What is causing these symptoms? ANSWER: Weather can play a role in triggering certain health problems. High temperatures and high humidity are two…

Nadra Nittle (2023-07-22). LA Unified School District Is Spending Millions on Urgent Climate Adaptation. truthout.org The clouds that blanket Los Angeles in the late spring, keeping temperatures cool and skies overcast, dissipate by the first weeks of summer. The months known in the city near the ocean as "May Gray" and "June Gloom" give way to an exposed July sun that blazes relentlessly until well after the school year starts. It is not unusual for Angelenos to contend with triple-digit heat until shortly… |

WSWS (2023-07-23). Striking UK First Manchester bus drivers: Unite union "try and split us, but we've all stuck together so they can't push us around" wsws.org One driver said, "All the big companies made profits over COVID. The government is investing in things we don't need, like going to war. We're in a war here with our circumstances."

Editor (2023-07-22). When can there be a fall in the rate of profit? mronline.org SEVERAL major economists have put forward theories predicting a falling tendency of the rate of profit under capitalism; Marx had seen in this fact an awareness on their part of the essential transitoriness of the capitalist system. But while some of these theories have logical validity, others do not. Among the latter is Adam Smith's theory.

Ralph Nader (2023-07-22). The Cost of Re-Enforcing Political Monocultures. dissidentvoice.org In nature, monocultures are not so resilient to predators or other ravages that exploit their inherent vulnerabilities. Farmers have known this characteristic of monocultures forever. (Agribusiness doesn't care as much, given its short-term profit outlook.) Democratic voters are at risk from the increasing political monocultures that are weakening resistance to the GOP and Big Business …

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-22). Mutual Aid Organizers in NYC Fill the Dire Gaps Left by the City and Nonprofits. truthdig.com

midwesternmarx (2023-07-23). Western Marxism and the Politics of Abstract Humanism By: Yanis Iqbal. midwesternmarx.com Western Marxism is dominated by the use of empty phrases when the need arises for a practical intervention in the conjuncture. Slavoj Žižek, for instance, has been calling for a "stronger NATO" in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, so that "European unity" can be preserved. The analytical focus is wholly tilted towards ahistorical cultural symbols. For Žižek, a "Eurasian" project is not about the reduction of European count …

midwesternmarx (2023-07-23). The Eco Collapse We Were Warned About Has Begun By: José Seoane. midwesternmarx.com In 2023, different climatic anomalies have been recorded that set new historical records in the tragic progression of climate change at the global level.​Thus, in June, the surface temperature in the North Atlantic reached the maximum increase of 1.3 degrees Celsius with respect to preindustrial values. In a similar direction—although in lower values—the average temperature of the seas at the global level increased. On the other hand, the retraction of Antarctic ice reac …

midwesternmarx (2023-07-23). Hollywood Executives Bring Industry to Halt Rather Than Pay Workers a Fair Price By: Sonali Kolhatkar. midwesternmarx.com Refusing to negotiate better compensation and fair working conditions for actors and writers, major film and television studios are to blame for the work stoppages afflicting their industry. Hollywood has come to a standstill this summer as actors join their writer colleagues on the picket line. The Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) announced that it would be on strike starting July 14, 2023, over negotiations breaking down with t …

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-23). Video: Capitalism in Crisis. greenleft.org.au

Nick Corbishley, Naked Capitalism. (2023-07-22). Latin America Again Refuses To Fall In Line With The Collective West. popularresistance.org Volodymyr Zelensky is accustomed to being the star guest, whether in person or on-screen, at just about every Western international summit, though his shine does appear to be fading. But at the summit that took place in Brussels early this week between the European Union and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), the president of Ukraine was nowhere to be seen. This was despite the best efforts of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who is current holder of the EU Council's rotating president, to get his name on the guest list. | At a bare minimum, Zelensky's participation would have requ…

krish-rad_ind (2023-07-22). The Cycles and Spirals of Capitalism. dissidentvoice.org

susanrosenthal (2023-07-22). Gender Rebels: A Threat to Capitalism. susanrosenthal.com Why are gender rebels being attacked? Why are they being attacked now? Who benefits from such attacks?>

WSWS (2023-07-22). Statement from Brazil opposes censorship of IYSSE at Sydney's Macquarie University. wsws.org "Macquarie's management sees the IYSSE anti-war campaign as a risk to its multiple connections with the military industrial sector, and has felt emboldened amid the establishment's militaristic campaign."

scorinoco (2023-07-22). Governor of Zulia State Wants End of Sanctions That Are Destroying Venezuela's Industrial Production. orinocotribune.com

WSWS (2023-07-22). Francis Fukuyama parades Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion at Stanford University. wsws.org In proudly sharing a platform with Ukrainian neo-Nazis who are fighting a war on behalf of US imperialism, Fukuyama, the erstwhile prophet of the triumph of "liberal democracy", has become the embodiment of the bankruptcy of his own theory.

WSWS (2023-07-22). ONLINE MEETING: The battle at Yellow freight: Logistics and postal workers must rally in support! wsws.org With the company on the verge of bankruptcy and refusing to pay pensions and healthcare, a strike at the company could begin as soon as Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-23). Insights | Westerners should have deeper understanding of CPC's achievements: Swedish researcher. ecns.cn "One of the reasons I think that has been so successful, in terms of China's internal modernization improvement,is because of the foundation of the common good," said Stephen Brawer, chairman of the Belt and Road Institute in Sweden, in a recent interview with China News Network. He also voiced his ideas on socialism with Chinese characteristics, the Chinese modernization, and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

teleSUR (2023-07-23). Spain's General Elections: PP Fails to Obtain Absolute Majority. telesurenglish.net With 99.23 percent of the votes counted for Sunday's general elections in Spain, the PP wins the elections but does not have an absolute majority; the PSOE holds on with a narrow margin. | RELATED: | The Popular Party is the party that obtains the most deputies, with 32.84 % of the votes (136 seats out of the 350 that make up the Congress of Deputies), while the Socialist Party practically equals it in votes with 31.81 % of th…

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-23). Ecosocialism needed in the age of climate emergency. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-23). Videos from Ecosocialism 2023. greenleft.org.au

WSWS (2023-07-22). Australia: Sydney apartment residents face $50 million repair bill for building defects. wsws.org Vicinity apartment owner Patrick Quintal told World Socialist Web Site reporters that the collapse of Toplace means that owners of defective apartments may be liable for the full cost of complying with the rectification orders.

Staff (2023-07-22). Venezuela's El Panal 2021 Commune Welcomes Vietnam's Communist Party Delegation (+Arreaza & PCV). orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Socialist Commune El Panal 2021 welcomed the Commission of Mass Mobilization of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, accompanied by Venezuelan Minister for Communes and Social Movements Jorge Arreaza. The aim of the meeting is sharing the advances made in social and communal organizing in both countries in order to resolve problems of the communities. | The Vietnamese delegation toured the productive spaces of the commune and noted the progress and experiences of Venezuela's grassroots organizations. | "With a tour of its productive facilities, the Socialist Commune El Panal 2021 re…

thecommunists (2023-07-22). Capitalist contradictions abound: Victorian illnesses on the rise. thecommunists.org Around 11,000 people in England were hospitalised with malnutrition last year. Read that again. Provisional data recently obtained by the Times Health Commission under freedom of information laws reveal that cases of malnutrition have more than doubled in a decade and have quadrupled since the banking collapse of 2007/8 and the harsh regime of cuts and austerity …

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Insights | BRI doesn't distinguish participants based on ideologies, nor does it respond to zero-sum game logic: expert. ecns.cn "The Communist Party of China (CPC) has never forgotten its main mission, which is to serve the people and their interests," said Fabio Massimo Parenti, professor of international studies at the International Institute Lorenzo de' Medici in Florencein an online interview with China News Network.

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2023-07-22: News Headlines

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Chinese, Ukrainian commerce officials eye deepening economic cooperation, expanding imports. ecns.cn China's Vice Minister of Commerce and Deputy International Trade Representative Ling Ji met with Deputy Minister for Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture of Ukraine Taras Kachka in Beijing on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Insights | CPC never forgets its main mission to serve people: Italian expert. ecns.cn The Communist Party of China (CPC) has never forgotten its main mission, which is to serve the people and their interests. The distinctive model of the socialist market economy has tried to combine private profits and common prosperity, productivity and welfare, merit and social demand, something even impossible to think of nowadays in the West.

Michael Hudson (2023-07-22). Is the US a Failed State with Michael Hudson. indybay.org It's a failed state because its economy is paralyzed and we're in a debt deflation, an economic polarization, that is just transferring all wealth and income away from labor, away from industry, into really the financial sector and what I call the finance, insurance, and real estate sector.

Oleg Nesterenko (2023-07-22). "The war in Ukraine is a war for the dollar" – part 2. indybay.org Moscow has really threatened the U.S. dollar on the international stage, and with it the entire U.S. economy behind it. Since Putin took office, well before 2021 and even before the anti-Russian coup in Ukraine in 2014, Russia, a leading energy power, has begun the process of liquidating U.S. dollar-denominated bonds. Russia halved the number of U.S. bonds it held.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-07-21). "It's Not Socialism": China is a Capitalist Cheap Labour Economy, Based on Exceedingly Low Wages. globalresearch.ca


Zara Jemuel (2023-07-21). Militant Black Unionism Offers Best Resistance to Growing White Nationalism. truthout.org The United States economy keeps Black labor at the bottom because when bosses conceded on slavery, they settled on poverty wages. While white nationalism's most visible soldiers are terror organizations and politicians, the quest for racial purity is made possible by Sears, General Motors, Dow Chemical, ExxonMobil, Chase Bank, and other so-called job creators. Corporate benefactors fund extremist… |

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Saudi Arabia To Provide 500-Mln-Usd Aid to Tunisia's Economy. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Saudi Arabia signed agreements with Tunisia to provide 500 million U.S. dollars to help finance Tunisia's state budget. | Related: | According to official statements, at the government headquarters in Tunis, in the presence of Tunisian Prime Minister Najla Bouden Romdhane, the agreements were signed by Tunisian Finance Minister Sihem Namsia and her Saudi counterpart Mohammed bin Abdullah Al-Jadaan.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Guidance greeted as stimulative for entrepreneurs. ecns.cn China's latest guidance to drive the development of the private sector will boost confidence among private enterprises, allowing them to make more innovations and stimulate market vitality for greater economic growth.

manager (2023-07-21). IMF Surcharge Fees Hurt Those the Fund Is Meant to Help. cepr.net DC Journal Opelika-Auburn News See article on original site When Rep. Chuy Garcia, D-Illinois, learned about the International Monetary Fund's surcharge policy, it felt familiar: "To me, this looks like the business model of payday lenders here in Chicago, not an economic development agency." The IMF is the lender of last resort to countries experiencing economic difficulties. …

Ana Perdigón (2023-07-21). Venezuela's National Assembly Approves New Tax Law Aimed at Safeguarding Citizen Rights and Fostering Economic Growth. orinocotribune.com The National Assembly of Venezuela has approved the Organic Law for the Coordination and Harmonization of the Tax Powers of the States and Municipalities. | The law was approved by the National Assembly during a second round of discussions on Tuesday, July 18. It is aimed at protecting the rights of Venezuelan people embroiled in tax issues. | Jorge Rodríguez, the president of the National Assembly, emphasized that the primary objective of this law is to establish a systematic framework for tax regulations while safeguarding the rights of individuals, merchants, entrepreneurs, and small businesses. Additionally,…


Ann Brown (2023-07-21). 7 Signs The Ad-Supported Media Business Is Headed For Financial Crisis. moguldom.com Media companies are being hit hard by the current economic downturn the U.S. is experiencing. Media companies, big and small, are announcing total shutdowns or major workforce cuts. While it is mainly media that is ad-supported, even non-profit media companies are making deep cuts as well. But this is really nothing new; media job losses …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-21). UN proposes elimination of all nuclear weapons as first step under new agenda for peace. peoplesdispatch.org Rising geopolitical and geo-economic tensions across the globe need a better, reformed, and updated UN system which reflects the growing multipolarity and is more representative, unbiased, and effective…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). African Union: STC New Economic Objective. telesurenglish.net This July 21 culminates the sixth Specialized Technical Committee of the African Union, with new economic objectives raised and agreed upon. | Related: | Russia Ready to Supply Free Grain to African Countries -Kremlin | After several days of sessions between ministers, central bank presidents, specialists in economic issues, and investors, the meeting has managed to specify several areas of work and understanding. The central purpose is to implement the collective development…

Mike Ludwig (2023-07-21). 60 Years After the March on Washington, 1 in 3 Black Children Live in Poverty. truthout.org Conservatives today would have you believe the civil rights movement of the 1960s was so successful that systemic racism is a problem of the past. Every February, white Republicans observe Black History Month by twisting famous lines from Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech to serve their own agendas. The Constitution is "colorblind," they claim, and if this flies in the face of… |

Sara Flounders (2023-07-21). As Yellen dictates terms to China What we defend, what Wall Street wants to destroy. workers.org What is the material basis of the growing hostility on every level of the U.S. ruling class toward China? No great struggle is based on the personalities or aspirations of individuals. At the root is a very concrete, material basis that drives the conflict. Otherwise, meetings, discussions and diplomacy would . . . |

Ann Brown (2023-07-21). 7 Signs The Ad-Supported Media Business Is Headed For Financial Crisis. moguldom.com Media companies are being hit hard by the current economic downturn the U.S. is experiencing. Media companies, big and small, are announcing total shutdowns or major workforce cuts. While it is mainly media that is ad-supported, even non-profit media companies are making deep cuts as well. But this is really nothing new; media job losses …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-07-21). UN proposes elimination of all nuclear weapons as first step under new agenda for peace. peoplesdispatch.org Rising geopolitical and geo-economic tensions across the globe need a better, reformed, and updated UN system which reflects the growing multipolarity and is more representative, unbiased, and effective…

teleSUR (2023-07-21). African Union: STC New Economic Objective. telesurenglish.net This July 21 culminates the sixth Specialized Technical Committee of the African Union, with new economic objectives raised and agreed upon. | Related: | Russia Ready to Supply Free Grain to African Countries -Kremlin | After several days of sessions between ministers, central bank presidents, specialists in economic issues, and investors, the meeting has managed to specify several areas of work and understanding. The central purpose is to implement the collective development…

Mike Ludwig (2023-07-21). 60 Years After the March on Washington, 1 in 3 Black Children Live in Poverty. truthout.org Conservatives today would have you believe the civil rights movement of the 1960s was so successful that systemic racism is a problem of the past. Every February, white Republicans observe Black History Month by twisting famous lines from Martin Luther King Jr.'s 1963 "I Have a Dream" speech to serve their own agendas. The Constitution is "colorblind," they claim, and if this flies in the face of… |

Sara Flounders (2023-07-21). As Yellen dictates terms to China What we defend, what Wall Street wants to destroy. workers.org What is the material basis of the growing hostility on every level of the U.S. ruling class toward China? No great struggle is based on the personalities or aspirations of individuals. At the root is a very concrete, material basis that drives the conflict. Otherwise, meetings, discussions and diplomacy would . . . |

Sara E Boyd, Scott J C Pallett, Luke S P Moore (2023-07-22). Correspondence] Orthopaedic preparedness for disasters must extend to infection surveillance. thelancet.com We read with interest the work of Hamaiyal Sana and colleagues who highlight the unique surgical requirements and barriers to quality provision of orthopaedic care in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) during disaster situations.1 Development of the suggested collaborative framework has merit, but preparedness stretches beyond adequacy of surgical equipment and must consider the entire care pathway. Disaster situations are associated with considerable disruption to diagnostic microbiology laboratory infrastructure, exacerbating limited capacity in many LMICs.

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). TSMC delays chip production at Arizona plant. ecns.cn Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) — the world's largest chipmaker — will delay mass production of chips at its new Arizona-based chip plant until 2025 due to a shortage of skilled labor.

Labor Video Project (2023-07-22). UC UAW Workers & Unite Here 11 Strikers Protest Union Busting By UC Bosses At UC Regents. indybay.org Hundreds of UC UAW members and Unite Here Local 11 strikers from Southern California rallied at the UC Regents meeting against the flagrant union busting tactics including felony arrests for chalking at UCSD.

WorkWeek (2023-07-22). Tuesday 7/18: Labor Report on Argentina With High School Teacher Luciana Alterleib, member of ADEMYS tra. indybay.org Labor Report on Argentina With High School Teacher Luciana Alterleib, member of ADEMYS trade union and a member of the workers organization Tribuna Docente, Partido Obrero in the Left Workers Front in Argentina…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-22). Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic discovery leads to diagnoses of 9 people with rare form of muscular dystrophy. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Nine people around the world who have been living with unexplained, muscular dystrophy-like symptoms may now have an answer for what is causing the progressive muscle weakness in their body's mid-section, arms and legs. In a new discovery, a collaborative team of scientists led by researchers at Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine has pinpointed alterations in a single gene deep inside these people's genetic blueprint as the root cause of their ultra-rare disorder, known as limb-girdle muscular…

_____ (2023-07-21). U.S. Military Sought to Experiment on Africans for Big Pharma: Kremlin. strategic-culture.org The allegations involve Metabiota, a firm with links to US President Joe Biden's son, Hunter | Join us on , , and . | The Pentagon planned to use its biolaboratories in Africa to test unregistered medicines on local populati…

Editor (2023-07-21). Michigan Amazon Workers Stage Largest Delivery Station Strike Yet. scheerpost.com By Luis Feliz Leon / Labor Notes In the middle of Amazon's Prime Day promotional sales rush, 60 warehouse workers walked out for more than three hours at its delivery station in Pontiac, Michigan—bringing the facility to the brink of a total shutdown. A delivery station is the last warehouse an Amazon package passes through …

Pavel López Lazo (2023-07-21). Cuban President calls to strengthen local productive systems. plenglish.com At the First Ordinary Sessions of the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP), the Cuban leader said major productive forms must make up robust and efficient systems subordinated by municipalities. | "Where are the workers from? Who discusses the problems? Who takes care of labor force?", the President asked as he urged for provincial and municipal autonomies to boost local development. | By empowering the municipalities, provinces and the entire country are empowered. It ¥s necessary to order, structure and transform, he added during discussions on the implementation of the Food Sovereignty and Food and N…

Judy Greenspan (2023-07-21). Bay Area activists launch new anti-APEC coalition. workers.org San Francisco A broad coalition of Filipino progressive organizations, anti-imperialist groups, labor and other supporters gathered on July 11 in front of San Francisco City Hall. This was part of a countrywide push to demand "No to APEC! People Before Profits!" Demonstration against APEC, San Francisco, July 11, 2023. Photo: . . . |

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Wind Power Reaches Antigua and Barbuda. telesurenglish.net This ambitious project is the result of collaboration between the Department of the Environment and the West Indies Oil Company, with financing of US$15 million from the Abu Dhabi Development Fund. | The government of Antigua and Barbuda has joined the management of renewable energy generation on several fronts. Jul. 21, 2023.

Ann Brown (2023-07-21). Federal Reserve Set to Launch Instant Payments Service FedNow: 3 Things to Know. moguldom.com On July 20, the Federal Reserve's new system for instant payments, the FedNow Service, went live. Much like Zelle, this new tool will allow banks and other financial institutions to instantly transfer money for their customers, 24/7, 365 days a year. Instant payment is a method of exchanging money and processing payments, allowing for almost …

Eva Tesfaye, Barn Raiser. (2023-07-21). Tribes Take The Lead On Regenerative Agriculture. popularresistance.org Not only do the bees produce honey that is sold, but the tribe's agricultural operation, Ioway Farms, also uses the bees to pollinate its orchard. It's all part of the work the tribal nation is doing to better farm the land. Rhodd says just a few years ago they used the same row cropping practices as the rest of the Midwest. | "What folks didn't see was the financials of our operation. We were spiraling downwards," Rhodd says. "Financially we weren't a profitable farming operation, and it's due to the mindsets that's been instilled in us." | The tribe decided to stop "chasing yields" and start implementing practi…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-07-22). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Effects of hot weather, humidity on blood pressure, heart. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm retired and enjoy spending time outdoors in my garden and kayaking with my family. I have high blood pressure, which has been managed by medication for nearly 10 years. Recently I've noticed that I develop a headache, nausea and sometimes dizziness after a few hours in the heat and sun. What is causing these symptoms? ANSWER: Weather can play a role in triggering certain health problems. High temperatures and high humidity are two…

Michelle Begue (2023-07-21). U.S. changes drug war policy toward Colombia. america.cgtn.com The United States is suspending its annual monitoring of illicit crops in Colombia.

Mark Gruenberg (2023-07-21). Young organizers talk unions with Biden and Bernie at the White House. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Ordinarily, Kumbar Nambiar, a young Yale grad, would be spending his Mondays off before relief pitching for the rest of the week for the Lansing Lugnuts, a Detroit Tigers minor league baseball farm club in outstate Michigan. Not on July 17, though. Instead, Nambiar spent it at the White House telling Democratic President Joe Biden, …

midwesternmarx (2023-07-21). Africa's path to socialism By: Tanupriya Singh. midwesternmarx.com 200 delegates from 40 organizations are gathering in South Africa for the "Dilemmas of Humanity: Pan African Dialogues to Build Socialism" conference. For the next four days, progressive movements and organizations will discuss the challenges posed by capitalism, and articulate the socialist way forward On Monday, July 17, 200 delegates from progressive organizations, political parties, people's movements, and trade unions across the African continent will gather in Bel …

midwesternmarx (2023-07-21). COMMUNISTS CONDEMN DEATH THREATS AGAINST BROTHERS ALEXANDER AND MIKHAIL KONONOVICH IN UKRAINE By: MLToday. midwesternmarx.com Communist Party of Ireland Statement: Solidarity with Aleksander Kononovich and his brother Mikhail Kononovich The Communist Party of Ireland joins communist parties and other leftist and progressive forces around the world in condemning the death threats, persecution and other forms of ongoing intimidation against communist youth leaders Aleksander Kononovich and his brother Mikhail Kononovich who are under house arrest in Ukraine.Following the onset of the proxy NATO war against R …

midwesternmarx (2023-07-21). Thousands of actors join picket lines in Los Angeles and New York By: David Walsh. midwesternmarx.com The strike by tens of thousands of US film and television actors officially began Friday. The actors, members of the Screen Actors Guild—American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), have now joined the 11,000 members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA), on strike since May 2.The actors and writers are striking against the cabal of giant film and television production companies organized in the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) over fundamental …

Fidel Castro (2023-07-21). Our right to be Marxist-Leninists. workers.org This commentary, reprinted from Havana Times, was given May 7, 2015, by late Cuban President Fidel Castro Ruz. We share this now in honor of the 70th anniversary of the attack on the Moncada Barracks, which launched the Cuban Revolution. This 2021 graphic honors the Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Hospital, opened . . . |

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-22). Video: Capitalism in Crisis. greenleft.org.au

teleSUR (2023-07-21). Tropical Depression Near The Philippines, Call For Vigilance. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Philippine volcanologists called for vigilance as an approaching tropical depression could develop into a super typhoon and dump heavy rain in areas near an erupting volcano southeast of Manila. | Related: | According to the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA), the tropical depression will bring heavy rainfall from Sunday, triggering floods and landslides. | An…

WSWS (2023-07-22). Statement from Brazil opposes censorship of IYSSE at Sydney's Macquarie University. wsws.org "Macquarie's management sees the IYSSE anti-war campaign as a risk to its multiple connections with the military industrial sector, and has felt emboldened amid the establishment's militaristic campaign."

Last Real Indians. (2023-07-21). Navajo Chapters Oppose Huge Pumped Storage Projects. popularresistance.org Black Mesa, Arizona – Tó Nizhóní àÅní, Diné Citizens Against Ruining our Environment and the Center for Biological Diversity submitted resolutions to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today from Navajo chapters and agencies opposing three pumped storage projects on the Navajo Nation's Black Mesa, southeast of Kayenta. A total of 18 chapters and agencies have passed resolutions opposing the projects. | "People who live here don't want these projects, and we don't want more damage from industrial energy development to the land and aquifers that we depend on," said Adrian Herder of Tó Nizhóní àÅní…

WSWS (2023-07-21). Australian entertainment union opposes industrial action to support striking US actors and writers. wsws.org The Media Entertainment Arts Alliance has made clear to the US entertainment corporations that there will be no disruption to their productions in Australia during the strike.

WSWS (2023-07-22). ONLINE MEETING: The battle at Yellow freight: Logistics and postal workers must rally in support! wsws.org With the company on the verge of bankruptcy and refusing to pay pensions and healthcare, a strike at the company could begin as soon as Monday.

WSWS (2023-07-22). Francis Fukuyama parades Neo-Nazi Azov Battalion at Stanford University. wsws.org In proudly sharing a platform with Ukrainian neo-Nazis who are fighting a war on behalf of US imperialism, Fukuyama, the erstwhile prophet of the triumph of "liberal democracy", has become the embodiment of the bankruptcy of his own theory.

WSWS (2023-07-21). Reject management-union privatisation and job destruction program at Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation. wsws.org Appeals for increased retrenchment payouts is a cynical manoeuvre by union bureaucrats who are simply asking for a higher price for the destruction of jobs that they have no right to sell.

WSWS (2023-07-21). Striking National Steel Car worker on the need for rank-and-file committees: "All the USW bureaucrats have made their peace with the system a long time ago" wsws.org A leading member of the National Steel Car Rank-and-File Committee explained why workers' took the decision to establish the NSC-RFC in opposition to the United Steelworkers bureaucracy.

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-22). Ecosocialism needed in the age of climate emergency. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-07-22). Videos from Ecosocialism 2023. greenleft.org.au

WSWS (2023-07-22). Australia: Sydney apartment residents face $50 million repair bill for building defects. wsws.org Vicinity apartment owner Patrick Quintal told World Socialist Web Site reporters that the collapse of Toplace means that owners of defective apartments may be liable for the full cost of complying with the rectification orders.

thecommunists (2023-07-21). Comrade Tongogara, who dedicated his life to the cause of freedom. thecommunists.org Lalkar is sad to announce the death of Comrade Tongogara, who breathed his last on 11 May this year. Born Danny Morrell on 6 February 1942, he adopted the name Tongogara after the great Zimbabwean fighter Josiah Tongogara who fought for the liberation of Zimbabwe from the clutches of the racist white minority regime of …

ecns.cn (2023-07-22). Insights | BRI doesn't distinguish participants based on ideologies, nor does it respond to zero-sum game logic: expert. ecns.cn "The Communist Party of China (CPC) has never forgotten its main mission, which is to serve the people and their interests," said Fabio Massimo Parenti, professor of international studies at the International Institute Lorenzo de' Medici in Florencein an online interview with China News Network.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-07-22). China prosecutes corrupted public servants of various ranks. plenglish.com Beijing, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) Chinese authorities investigated 316,000 cases of corruption in the first half of the year, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China (CPC) reported.

thecommunists (2023-07-21). Donetsk communist leader: 'No democracy in Ukraine'. thecommunists.org Steve Sweeney interviews Boris Litinov, head of the Donetsk republican branch of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. Topics discussed range from Comrade Litinov's views on the split in the international communist movement over the war in Ukraine, his thoughts on the effect of western propaganda on the communist and trade union organisations in …

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